As health care leaders, it is important to reflect on your own health belief model before you can work to educate and market to the health belief of others. After all, you are a health care consumer yourself! You do not need to have the same beliefs as those you are working with or educating/marketing, but you do need to understand your own and recognize that each person’s beliefs are individualized.
For this paper, you must complete each of the three parts below
.As you respond, consider all the variety of characteristics that you may have as part of your model. Remember, there are no right or wrong models.
Part I Describe your general health care, belief model.
Do you tend to follow a provider’s guidance/recommendation or collect information and make your own decision?
Are there others in your life that influence your health decisions (family members, friends, etc.)?
Where do you get health information?
What information is important to you in order to make a decision?
Are you comfortable with advertisements?
Do you want to read research on the topic or consult with someone first?
Do you consider how your health behaviors may impact you now and in the future? Why, or why not?
