英文摘要 |
Since the declaration of the goal of health for all by the World Health Organization in 1978, health promotion has been considered an important nursing function. Pender is the only person in the nursing discipline to have proposed a Health Promotion Model (HPM) to explain health promotion behavior. The model is also widely employed to examine health promotion behavior in nursing. A theoretical model should be tested with different approaches that can increase its validity and reliability. The credibility of a theoretical model can be examined through research. This article evaluates Pender's Health Promotion Model by systematically reviewing research findings. Some discussion points and suggestions are proposed. The results show that most studies could support the relationships among variables that were mentioned in the HPM; however, there was no research examining the model comprehensively. The variables of activity related effect, commitment to a plan of action, and immediate competing demands and preferences were seldom tested in HPM. Because many variables are proposed in HPM, the model needs to be made more parsimonious. Additionally, some intervention studies should be employed to test its usefulness in clinical practice. More studies of children and adolescents using HPM also should be encouraged in future. |