Health Promotion

Nola J. Pender

Presented by: Marife M. Reyes

BSN World Citi Colleges

 Health Promotion Model
 Nola J. Pender (PhD)
- Earned BSN in 1964, PhD in psychology and education in 1969,
- “ the goal of nursing was to help people care for themselves”

1982
- HPM was designed to be a “complementary counterpart to
models of health protection”
- positive dynamic state – not merely the absence of disease.

HPM – aims at predicting or explaining overall health-promoting l

lifestyles and specific behaviours. Increasing a clients level
of wellbeing, describes the multi dimensional nature of
persons as they interact within their environment to pursue
health.
 Three Areas of HPM
 Individual characteristics and
experiences
 Behavior-specific cognitions
and affect
 Behavioral outcomes
HEALTH PROMOTION
MODEL
 Major Concepts
 Prior Related Behavior – same or similar behavior in the past
 Personal Factors – biological, psychological, socio cultural
 Perceived Benefits of Action – anticipated positive outcomes
 Perceived Barriers to Action – anticipated, imagined, or real
 Perceived self Efficacy – judgment of personal capability to
execute behavior
 Activity Related Effect – subjective, positive or negative
feelings
 Interpersonal Influences – cognitions concerning behavior,
beliefs, or attitudes of others
 Situational Influences – personal perceptions and cognition s
that can facilitate or impede
behavior
 Commitment to a Plan of Action – identifying a planned
strategy
 Demands and Preferences – environmental contingencies
alternative behaviors

 Health Promoting Behavior – directed towards obtaining

positive health outcomes (e.g. managing stress, eating
healthy and exercising regularly).
 ASSUMPTIONS OF THE HEALTH
PROMOTION MODEL
 Individuals seek to actively regulate their own
behavior.
 Individuals in all their bio psychosocial
complexity interact with the environment,
progressively transforming the environment and
being transformed over time.
 Health professionals constitute a part of the
interpersonal environment, which exerts
influence on persons throughout their lifespan.
 Self-initiated reconfiguration of person-
environment interactive patterns is essential to
behavioural change.
 Summary
 The movement to greater responsibility and
accountability for successful personal
health practices requires the support of the
nursing professions through development of
evidence-based practice.

 HPM evolved from the substantive research

program and continues to provide direction
for better health practices.