NOLA PENDER

The Health Promotion Model

Members: Romero, Rongavilla, Rosal

The Health Promotion Model

proposed by Nola J Pender

(1982; revised, 1996)

was designed to be a
“complementary counterpart to
models of health protection.”
 The model focuses on
following three areas:
1.Individual characteristics and
experiences

2.Behavior-specific cognitions and

affect

3. Behavioral outcomes
 Concepts Of The Theory
Prior Related Behavior:
this concept determines the extent to which
past behaviors have an influence on present
health-promoting behaviors.
Personal Factors:
The extent to which biological,
psychological, and sociocultural predicts or
shapes the individual(s) health-promoting
activities.
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Perceived Benefits of Action:
the benefits which are earned as a result of
embarking on health activities.

Perceived Barriers to Action:

known or imaginary obstacles, such as
finances, which may impede health-promoting
activities.
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Perceived Self-Efficacy:
Self-awareness of one’s strengths and how it
motivates the individual to pursue and
achieve health-promoting behaviors.

Activity – Related Effect:

the interplay of how other activities
unrelated to health promotion, affect the
individual outlook on health promotion
activities.
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Situational Influences:
how the unforeseen and unpredicted
activities influence the individual, or
whether unexpected situations gear the
individual toward, or steer the individual
from partaking in health promotion
activities.
Commitment to a Plan of Action:
Specific plans outlined to ensure health
promotion strategies.
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Immediate Competing Demands and Preferences:
this includes family, friends, school, work, all of
which areimportant elements of the individual’s life,
but when not managed properly can be deterrence to the
achievement of health promoting behaviors.
Health Promoting Behavior:
includes activities such as exercising, eating a healthy
diet, managing stress, nurturing ones’ self spiritually,
and ensuring sufficient rest, all of which aims to generate
positive health outcomes
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Interpersonal Influences:
how the various relationships in the
individual(s) life affect their
participation in health promotion behaviors.
ASSUMPTIONS OF THE HEALTH PROMOTION
MODEL

Individuals seek to actively regulate their own behavior.

Individuals in all their biopsychosocial complexity interact

with the environment, progressively transforming the
environment and being transformed over time.

Health professionals constitute a part of the interpersonal

environment, which exerts influence on persons throughout
their life span.

Self-initiated reconfiguration of person-environment

interactive patterns is essential to behavior chang
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