A Community Health Nurse Is Using the Health Belief Model

question 6

Multiple Choice

A community health nurse is using the Health Belief Model (HBM) as a basis for providing client care.Which best describes the problems associated with using the HBM? (Select all that apply.)

• A)It ignores the need to reduce health system barriers to action
• B)It is extremely difficult to change the client's belief system
• C)It is the nurse's responsibility to persuade clients to engage in the appropriate behavior
• D)Clients do not have the knowledge to correctly analyze the seriousness of the disease or their susceptibility to it
• E)Clients expect health professionals to take preventive actions for them
• F)The choice and the burden for acting are entirely with the client.

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