A Community Health Nurse Is Using the Health Belief Model

Multiple Choice

A community health nurse is using the health belief model (HBM) as a basis for providing client care. Which of the following best describe the problems associated with using the HBM? (Select all that apply.)

A) It ignores the need to reduce health system barriers to action.
B) It is extremely difficult to change the client's belief system.
C) It is the nurse's responsibility to persuade clients to engage in the appropriate behavior.
D) Clients do not have the knowledge to correctly analyze the seriousness of the disease or their susceptibility to it.
E) Clients expect health professionals to take preventive actions for them.
F) The choice and the burden for acting are entirely with the client.