A Community Health Nurse Is Using the Health Belief Model

question 7

Multiple Choice

A community health nurse is using the health belief model (HBM) as a basis for providing client care. Which of the following best describe 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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Definitions:

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