The Bizzell Group/TJFACT/Veritas Management, LLC and the Division of Injury Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA, USA.
Division of Injury Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA, USA.
Public Health Nurs. 2020 Nov;37(6):895-899. doi: 10.1111/phn.12795. Epub 2020 Sep 6.
The application of behavioral science theory is instrumental in advancing nursing research and practice. Nurses can benefit from a thorough understanding of theoretical perspectives related to health behavior change. Behavioral science theory can provide a conceptual context for understanding patient behavior, it can guide research on the determinants of health behavior and health service delivery, and it can offer alternative approaches to nursing practice that may improve the effectiveness of patient care. The aim of this paper is to provide some examples of behavioral theories that can be used in nursing research and practice, and provide an example of how one theory, Stages of Change (Transtheoretical Model), can be applied to older adult fall prevention. Given the critical role behavior plays in premature morbidity and mortality, public health nurses and researchers can benefit by broadening the use of theory in the design and implementation of interventions, using behavioral theory as their guide.
行为科学理论的应用对于推动护理研究和实践具有重要意义。护士如果能全面理解与健康行为改变相关的理论观点，将会受益匪浅。行为科学理论可以为理解患者行为提供一个概念框架，指导健康行为决定因素和卫生服务提供的研究，并为改善患者护理效果提供替代护理实践方法。本文旨在提供一些可用于护理研究和实践的行为理论示例，并提供一个如何将理论（改变阶段理论，即跨理论模型）应用于老年预防跌倒的示例。鉴于行为在导致过早发病和死亡方面的关键作用，公共卫生护士和研究人员可以通过在干预措施的设计和实施中扩大理论的使用，以行为理论为指导，从中受益。
