Using health psychology to support health education

Abstract

Health psychology underpins health behaviour and effective health education. This article introduces the reader to concepts of health psychology and assists in linking these to practical health education approaches for patients.

Nurses’ perceived and actual level of diabetes mellitus knowledge: results of a cluster analysis

“…To ensure that diabetes patients have sufficient understanding of the acute and chronic complications resulting from DM (Bardsley & Want 2004), nurses need to promote safe clinical practice and expect to demonstrate growth in their clinical practice. Nurses need to enhance their practical knowledge further by attending courses (McGough 2004). A survey conducted by Drass et al.…”