You are the nurse in a small town and are a member of a workgroup designing a multilevel intervention to decrease the violence in the community.

The group would like to use a theory that comprehensively assesses the health needs of the community but also serves as a guide to develop and evaluate the intervention.
What model would you recommend the group use?

A learning objective that measures a patient’s level of remembering the signs and symptoms of infection would use the verb “state” because it indicates that the patient is able to recall and verbally express the information.

Choice B is not the correct answer because “distinguish” implies that the patient is able to differentiate between two or more things, which is not the same as simply remembering information.

Choice C is not the correct answer because “develop” implies that the patient is creating something new, which is not relevant to remembering information.

Choice D is not the correct answer because “demonstrate” implies that the patient is able to show or prove something through their actions, which is not the same as simply remembering information.

The health belief model is a social psychological health behavior change model developed to explain and predict health-related behaviors.

According to this model, a person’s willingness to change their health behaviors primarily comes from their health perceptions.

In this case, the statement reflects an understanding of the perceived severity of diabetes and the importance of keeping blood sugar under control to prevent negative consequences.

Choice B is incorrect because the social ecological model focuses on the interplay between individuals and their environment.

Choice C is incorrect because the transtheoretical model (TTM) focuses on the stages of change in behavior.

Choice D is incorrect because the diffusion model focuses on how innovations spread through a population.