Identify how the science and your personal opinion will affect your nursing practice, your personal health and the health of your family.
You have reviewed numerous health belief models and the risks and benefits associated with immunizations across the life span. In this assignment, please respond to the following questions.
Each question will have two parts: 1. Respond to the question in a scholarly manner using appropriate evidence based resources to support your response. 2. Reflect on your personal opinion of this issue (this section may be written in the first person). Identify how the science and your personal opinion will affect your nursing practice, your personal health and the health of your family. As a nurse, your opinion is very influential. This is the time to clearly articulate your opinion and support your viewpoint with research.
Question 1:
Part 1: The development of health belief models occurred to aid in understanding of human behavior and why humans act as they do in regard to health. Explain the original concept of the Health Belief Model
Part 2: Reflect on your personal health belief model (this section may be written in the first person). Identify how the science and your personal opinion will affect your nursing practice, your personal health and the health of your family.
Question 2:
Part 1: Using evidence based resources explain the rationale around why to immunize.
Part 2: Reflect on your personal opinion of mass immunizations (this section may be written in the first person). Identify how the science and your personal opinion will affect your nursing practice, your personal health and the health of your family.