Health Belief Model Case Study

Cues to Action: These are signals that prompt one to take the initiative to treat illness. These can range from being exposed to health reports and messages in the mass media to watching a friend or relative suffer from the disease, reading a health pamphlet or even the onset of symptoms in one’s body. The model therefore says that an individual is more likely to seek treatment if he thinks he is prone to a disease that has severe consequences. For the individual to make the decision, though, his evaluation of whether the benefits of taking up treatment will outweigh the difficulties he will face in the process is crucial.

CONCLUSION Although a rare complication, patients being treated for salmonella bacteremia should be monitored for acute pancreatitis, especially when alcohol consumption is reported in past history. Simple providers’ mindfulness, an inexpensive test and supportive treatment may decrease morbidity and mortality in patients with Salmonella associated

Impairment in functioning The coping stage will help Jill get rid of all the emotional disturbance, depression and emotional change and then come back to normalcy and begin having functional decision-making skills. The first step in this phase of crisis intervention is to understand the coping strategies that Jill has been implementing as she struggles with her experience (Roberts, 2013). At this point, the actions of Jill such as her sexual responsiveness that make her fear the anger and displeasure that her husband will show should he find out about this will be looked upon carefully.

The initial level of care Goldfarb will be receiving will be inpatient drug and alcohol treatment. Based on Goldfarb’s mental state and suicidal thoughts, inpatient is the best options for her in regards to keeping her and others safe. Furthermore, Goldfarb is hesitant about discontinuing the medication and is more likely to relapse if out in the community. An example of her having a higher chance of relapse would be having a social environment that enables her to take the prescription and lose weight.

Thus, disease representations, particularly the cognitive ones, can be predictors of responses to health threats that determine different health behaviors (Shiloh, 2009; Kaphingst, 2009). Age, family history of cancer and worry about the disease are factors associated with the use of screening for cancer ( Anagnostopoulos, 2012; Lifford, 2012). At the same time, the disease representation can cause, according to Cameron (2006), an irrational behavior or abandon of screening for cancer or the preservation of an unhealthy behaviour. For example, smokers who believe that the cause of cancer is a modified gene are less motivated to quit this unhealthy behavior and, instead, they exhibit an unrealistic optimism about their health and worry about cancer (Shiloh, 2009; Bradbury, 2009; Kaphingst, 2009; Hauwel,

Her theory constructs a framework that allows a patient suffering from a serious illness to appropriate “uncertainty” and shift their mode of living, trading a lifestyle of relative certainty and reliability for a more variable existence that incorporates uncertainty, and all of its associated unknowns, as part of its foundation. Mischel’s theory grew from qualitative and quantitative research as she worked on her dissertation and observed how acute illness creates a disequilibrium in a patient’s life. She defines the resulting uncertainty as “The inability to determine the meaning of illness related events, occurring when the decision maker is unable to assign definite value to objects or events or is unable to predict outcomes accurately (Mischel, 1988 p ). This state isn’t necessarily desirable or undesirable until a patient, through inference and illusion, assigns a positive or negative association to it (560). If a negative regard for uncertainty is maintained and coping strategies to deal with uncertainty aren’t developed, it can lead to “intrusive thoughts, avoidance and severe emotional distress (561).”

For instance, Dr. Rachels uses the example of how parents will sometimes let their Down’s syndrome infants die when they have a life threatening issue needing a simple operation. The parents will take advantage of that illness as a chance to

The Health Field Model The Health Field Model (HFM) is the conceptual framework that is used by different health care organizations or in individual research projects to evaluate the prevalence, awareness and management of diseases in the community (Pittman, 2010). The HFM, a determinant health model is developed by Bob Evans and Greg Stoddart in 1990. The HFM provides a broad spectrum for understanding health, and the factors that interfere with, and influence the health of individuals in the community. There are features to put into consideration for, in determining the factors that affect many diseases; hypertension, diabetes, and heart disease, or influence of health on a community (Kindig & McGinnis, 2007).

Functional Health Assessment Student’s Name Institution Functional Health Assessment Question One From the functional health assessment, Jane who is the client is exposed to various health risks although she is undergoing treatment. First, Jane is already exposed to the risk of diabetes type 2. She is suffering from the sickness which from the assessment, it is claimed that the condition was inherited. To affirm the inheritance conclusion, it is reported that her husband died of the same condition.

Reason being, as some of the points mentioned above, we are putting our health at risks of potentially falling ill, contracting certain diseases and misinterpretation. This creates like a barrier to live a healthier life. Having low health literacy rate would not only affect a person individually, but also affect others at the same time. For example, a mother brings a 4 year old daughter to the doctor because she has fever. Doctor prescribes the medicine and told the mother to follow the recommended dose of medication to be given to her daughter.

(MIP-1) Najmah’s trigger avoidance, a vital symptom of PTSD, stems from her fear of reliving the bombing when her mother and baby brother died, but by running away to save herself, she prevents recovery by isolating herself from those who wish to help her. (SIP-A) Trigger avoidance appears in Najmah after the death of her mother and baby brother as she fears to experience the event once more. (STEWE-1) Studies have shown that when under the effect of PTSD, there are triggers which may cause the individual to live through the event again. As a result, they usually attempt to avoid the triggers which cause them pain (“Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder”).

Sepsis impacts the U.S. healthcare based on its high incidence, mortality rates, financial costs and long-term adverse effects on sepsis survivors. To reduce this impact, the rapid initiation of bundled care based on the SSC can reduce the severity of severe sepsis and septic shock thereby, reducing patient mortality and long term adverse effects. The objective of this paper is to discuss the benefits of implementing a sepsis bundle focusing on the SSC recommendations and the improved effects realized on patient outcomes and morality rates. The clinical question is as follows:

Question 3: Will your dataset help address or explain the main frustrations with the health care system in treating DHOH people with CVD-related diseases? • A comparison of these qualitative questions with the quantitative question(s) you selected for your

Depending on your insurance or specific lifestyle, it may be expensive to keep taking your antidepressant medication. Before quitting the meds on your own, discuss the issue with your doctor. He may be able to prescribe a generic or lower-cost version for you.http://www.cigna.com/healthwellness/hw/medical-topics/depression-zx3018 #Recognize that quitting antidepressants puts you at risk for withdrawal. Abruptly discontinuing your antidepressant medication can cause withdrawal symptoms.

These options should also include the right to choose when and how to die for mentally competent adults who are terminally ill (Public.health, 1997; Sloss, 1996). However, this should be done after the patient meets the legal safeguards and takes the medication as prescribed (Dignity in Dying 2013). It has been discovered that variations in individual priorities and values may compel a patient to seek assistance in controlling the circumstances as well as the timing of his or her death (Volker, 2000). However, in 2005, the Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill that was proposed in the United Kingdom only focused primarily on the doctors and their roles (Bilsen, Vander Stichele, Mortier and Deliens 2004; Bosshard, Broeckaert, Clark, Materstvedt, Gordijn, and Muller-Busch, 2008). According to this bill, the issue of assisted dying was a case linked to the more specific views of the nurses and doctors versus the general opinion of the larger public.