A Nurse Is Using the Health Belief Model as a Framework

question 24

Multiple Choice

A nurse is using the health belief model as a framework when developing a community action campaign to increase the percentage of the population who receives the influenza vaccine.Which of the following considerations will need to be made?

• A)How empowerment can be used to motivate community members
• B)How modeling can be used in the community to increase public awareness
• C)Perceived susceptibility in the community about getting influenza
• D)Perceived stage of behavior change that exists in the community

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Pertaining to the understanding of social behaviors and cognitions, including how we interpret, analyze, remember, and use information in social contexts.

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Psychotic Disorder

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