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There are several theories and models that support the practice of health promotion and disease prevention. Theories and models are used in program planning to understand and explain health behavior and to guide the identification, development, and implementation of interventions.
The Health Belief Model is a theoretical model that can be used to guide health promotion and disease prevention programs. It is used to explain and predict individual changes in health behaviors. It is one of the most widely used models for understanding health behaviors.
Describes interventions and models supporting population-wide cardiovascular health through policy, legislation, and environmental change. Focuses on interventions resulting in physical, economic, and social conditions affecting risk for heart disease and stroke.
Overview of the stages of change or transtheoretical model (TTM) in a health promotion setting: precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance. Describes examples of each stage, clinical significance of TTM, and offers guidelines for team interventions by health professionals.
The Theory of Reasoned Action/Planned Behavior provide useful information for predicting health behaviors and for planning and implementing health promotion and disease prevention programs.
A step-by-step guide for building effective rural health promotion and disease prevention programs, with evidence-based examples and methods you can adapt for your community.
Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) describes the influence of individual experiences, the actions of others, and environmental factors on individual health behaviors.
The PRECEDE-PROCEED model is a comprehensive structure for assessing health needs for designing, implementing, and evaluating health promotion and other public health programs to meet those needs. PRECEDE provides the structure for planning a targeted and focused public health program.
Several theories, strategies, and models can be used to inform rural health promotion and disease prevention programs. Communities can use these theories, strategies, and models to develop and implement programs that empower and motivate people to improve and better manage their health.
Health promotion and disease prevention programs focus on keeping people healthy. Health promotion programs aim to engage and empower individuals and communities to choose healthy behaviors, and make changes that reduce the risk of developing chronic diseases and other morbidities.