Health Behaviors

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One post written in response to fellow learners’ post and is between 100-150 words. Response is substantive insightful and contain at least one reference.

Grammar, Syntax & APA formatting: Postings contain no grammatical or typographical errors. Citations in the post adhere to APA format as well as references noted at the end of the post (one to two errors). (Example: excluding double-spacing and indentation of the second and subsequent lines within the reference). No more than 25% of your paper should be direct quotes.

STUDENTS’ POST 1

Some health behaviors that contribute to the systematic burden of morbidity and mortality include lack of exercise or physical inactivity, harmful use of alcohol, smoking, and an unhealthy diet. The Health Belief Model states that an individual’s willingness to change health behaviors is mainly influenced by their health perceptions (Green et al., 2020). This theory of behavior change defines factors such as perceived susceptibility, perceived barriers to action, benefits, and self-efficacy that influence health behaviors. These perceptions reinforce a behavioral change intervention and encourage individuals to actively engage in a behavioral change and sustain the change over time.

Infrastructural changes such as guarding access to equipment, firewalls and access controls, data encryption, and enforcing IT policies in the healthcare system can protect personal privacy to better utilize patient-generated data. With the use of increased use of technology, privacy and personal autonomy of patient information have been an issue of concern in recent years (Keshta & Odeh, 2021). Ultimately, the privacy and security of health care information is a challenge. Today, several approaches and technologies exist to better protect patient personal information. Access to medical records must be controlled as they contain sensitive information that may cause harm if misused or disclosed.

As a DNP, I will integrate social media in delivering quality care by using it as a platform to promote patient education. I can utilize social media to raise public awareness regarding new, emerging health needs and annual health concerns. I can also encourage patients to join virtual communities, receive moral or financial support, track personal progress, and participate in research through social media. Thus, social media can be a tool for patients to access real-time information about wellness and illness issues and patient education. In addition, social media tools can enable providers to build interactive patient strategies like patient-to-patient communication and direct patient engagement (Park et al., 2019).

References

Park, A., Bowling, J., Shaw, G., Li, C., & Chen, S. (2019). Adopting social media for improving health: opportunities and challenges. North Carolina medical journal, 80(4), 240-243.

Keshta, I., & Odeh, A. (2021). Security and privacy of electronic health records: Concerns and challenges. Egyptian Informatics Journal, 22(2), 177-183.

Green, E. C., Murphy, E. M., & Gryboski, K. (2020). The health belief model. The Wiley Encyclopedia of Health Psychology, 211-214.

STUDENT’S POST 2

Human behavior that is related to health might contribute to the systemic burden of mortality and morbidity. Health-related behavior such as lack of exercise, smoking, and drinking are some of the main factors that affect people’s health negatively (Lee et al., 2020). Improving or changing health behavior is the most cost-effective way of improving a person’s health. Rapid economic growth, high healthcare costs, lifestyle changes, and population aging have been associated with an increased prevalence of chronic diseases worldwide (Lee et al., 2020).

Health Belief Model (HBM) is one of the behavioral theories developed in the 1950s that is used to explain people about their failure to use health prevention and early detection methods to detect disease (Simoni et al., 2018). This is commonly used in HIV and Aids patient cases. A theory-driven interactive model of eHealth intervention progress improves the range of effective strategies and expand theoretical and empirical knowledge of health behavior change (Simoni et al., 2018)

Patient-generated health data (PGHD) is used by patients to understand their own condition and improve self-care and realize their own health. In PGHD, the collection of data is done by the patient and it is cannot be used for practice or other education (Morehead et al., 2013). Technological innovations are making it more widespread for people to accumulate PGHD so, the patient can track their own health problems.

Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health. Social media brings a new dimension to health care as it offers a medium to be used by the public, patients, and health professionals to communicate about health issues with the possibility of potentially improving health outcomes (Ventola, 2014). Social media is a powerful tool, which offers collaboration between users and is a social interaction mechanism for a range of individuals (Smailhodzic et al., 2018). Although there are several benefits to the use of social media for health communication, the information exchanged needs to be monitored for quality and reliability, and the users’ confidentiality and privacy need to be maintained.

Social media present many risks for health care organizations that may affect the safety and security of patient information and other ethical issues. Therefore, it would be useful for the DNP-prepared nurse to use the policy and procedures available to study well and establish guidelines according to each organization. In 2011, the Federation of State Medical Boards (FASB)published guidance on the appropriate use of social media in medical practice (Smailhodzic et al., 2018). Using these types of guidelines will protect patient privacy and confidentiality, professionalism, and transparency.

References

Lee, M., Park, S., & Lee, K. S. (2020). Relationship between Morbidity and Health Behavior in Chronic Diseases. Journal of clinical medicine, 9(1), 121. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9010121

Moorhead, S. A., Hazlett, D. E., Harrison, L., Carroll, J. K., Irwin, A., & Hoving, C. (2013). A new dimension of health care: a systematic review of the uses, benefits, and limitations of social media for health communication. Journal of medical Internet research, 15(4), e1933.

Simoni, J. M., Ronen, K., & Aunon, F. M. (2018). Health behavior theory to enhance eHealth intervention research in HIV: rationale and review. Current Hiv/aids Reports, 15(6), 423-430.

Smailhodzic, E. Hooijsma, W., Boonstra, A., & Langley, D. J. (2016). Social media use in healthcare: A systematic review of effects on patients and on their relationship with healthcare professionals. BMC Health Services Research. 16: 442 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-016-1691-0

Ventola, C. L. (2014). Social media and health care professionals: benefits, risks, and best practices. Pharmacy and therapeutics, 39(7), 491.