Week 2: Assignment Part 1

Week 2: Assignment Part 1

Preventing illness is one of the primary objectives of nursing care. The ideas, attitudes, and convictions about health are commonly known as health beliefs. The best way to prevent illness is to take a proactive approach by caring for one's health. However, despite the care, illnesses still occur and must be treated immediately before they get worse (Daniels, 2004).

One way to convince people to follow a preventive strategy is to provide health education. According to Nancy Milio, health education has the capability of providing sufficient information which will motivate people to adopt a ...