Aplication of health promotion model from Nola Pender in a sedentary teenager

Abstract

Health case study, for a teenager with sedentary and dietetic wrong habits, putting in practice the main concepts of Health Promotion Model from Dr. Nola Pender. A device with model’s concepts was built and applied to the teenager to find out reasons why a young guy was not doing exercise and he was eating low nutrition food. Nurses were active focusing in the promotion of health, especially in letting the patient know about benefits regarding exercise and balanced diet. Follow up was given within intervals of 6 months and 1 year. As a result the teenager had modified his alimentary habits, started to make more exercise, consequently his CMI (corporal mass index) decreased from 27.4 to 23.5 and he had a weight decrease from 84 to 72 kg, positioning him within the ideal percentile of his age.