Introduction
Providing high-quality care in rural populations poses challenges to the healthcare professionals for the lack of mobility in the area. However, Pender’s health promotion model allows practitioners to increase the level of care through a multitude of approaches, including but not limited, to medical, societal, behavioral, educational, and client-centered. This assignment briefly assesses the ways nurses can evaluate the role of the patient-centered care approach in the rural population while utilizing the health promotion model.
Patient-centered care in rural population
In a patient-centered approach, the focus of healthcare shifts from generalized clinical guidelines to individual care based on specific customer’s needs and wants. According to Charlesworth and McManus (2017), delivering patient-centered care in rural populations may be difficult for the overall low level of individuals’ awareness about their health. Therefore, nurses should engage in educational training and detailed conversations with patients on genetic predisposition to certain diseases to increase people’s knowledge. The efficiency of such activities may be evaluated with the reoccurring admissions rate to the hospital, instances of late-stage diagnosis, and incidents of preventable hereditary diseases, such as Diabetes-II.
The critical role of the health promotion model (HPM) in this case lies in the motivation of rural residents to treat their health more seriously. As supported by Khoshnood, Rayyani, and Tirgari (2018), in HPM, nurses act as agents of change who strive to prevent diseases by enforcing rules, improving the environment, engaging in counseling, and supporting patients in their routine.
Conclusion
To master such qualifications, a prepared healthcare professional should be able to provide powerful health promotion messages, using advanced technologies, and develop practical programs, aimed at impacting patients’ attitudes toward their health. In terms of the rural population, one of the key evaluative factors would be comparing statistics rates showing quality rates of healthcare in the city and in the countryside.
References
Charlesworth J. M., & McManus E. (2017). Delivering patient-centered care in rural family practice: Using the patient’s concept of health to guide treatment. BMJ. Web.
Khoshnood, Z., Rayyani, M., & Tirgari, B. (2018). Theory analysis for Pender’s health promotion model (HPM) by Barnum’s criteria: A critical perspective. International Journal of Adolescent Medical Health. Web.