Pender Flashcards
Full name of pender
Nola J. Pender
Theory of Nola J. Pender?
Health promotion model
When pender was born?
August 16, 1941
Where pender was born?
In Lansing, Michigan
At what age pender, witnessed the care given to her hospitalized by aunt nurses.
At 7 years old
Major concepts in Nola J. Pender
- Health promotion
- Health protection or illness prevention
- Individual characteristics and experiences
- Behavior specific cognitions and affect
- Behavioral outcomes
Defined as behavior motivated by the desire to increase well-being and actualize human health potential
Health promotion
Described as behavior motivated desire to actively avoid illness, detect it early, or maintain functioning within illness constraints
Health protection or illness prevention
2 types of individual characteristics and experiences:
- prior related behavior
- Personal factors ( biological, psychological, sociocultural )
Frequency of the same or similar health behavior in the past
Prior related behavior
General characteristics of the individual that influence health behavior such as age, personality structure, race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status
Personal factors
7 types of behavior specific cognitions and affect:
- perceived benefit of action
- Perceived barrier to action
- Perceived self efficacy
- Activity related affect
- Interpersonal influences
- Situational influences
- Commitment to a plan of action
- Immediate competing commands and preferences
Perceptions of the positive reinforcing consequences of undertaking a health behavior
Perceived benefit of action
Perceptions of the block, hurdles and personal costs of undertaking a health behavior
Perceived barrier to action
Judgement of personal capability to organize and execute a particular health behavior
Perceived self efficacy
