nola pender

• what is her theory about

  health promotional model
• HPM


  provides a framework for understanding how individual's can be motivated to improve their health and well being
• 2 major concepts

  health promotion

  health protection
• defines as behavior motivated by the desire to increase well being and actualize human health potential

  health promotion
• behavior motivated to actively avoid illness, detect it early

  health protection
• concepts

  individual characteristics and experience

  behavior specific and cognition effect

  behavioral outcome
• explores the concept that each individual has his/her own set of characteristics and experiences which help shape their action .

  individual characteristics and experience
• has direct impact on the individual's motivation for change

  behavior specific and cognition effect
• end goal where there is a commitment to health promoting behavior, influenced by individual's characteristics, cognition and situational factors

  behavioral outcome