Choose a health model to assist in creating a plan of action. Describe the model selected. Discuss the reasons why this model is the best choice for the family. Provide rationale for your reasoning

Choose a health model to assist in creating a plan of action. Describe the model selected. Discuss the reasons why this model is the best choice for the family. Provide rationale for your reasoning

The most appropriate health model of creating a plan of action is the transtheoretical
model (TTM) that facilitates healthy behavior changes. The model is best since it evaluates a

personal readiness to change health-related lifestyles and incorporates the concepts of self-
efficacy, decision-criteria, and change process which are relevant and available in the Spanish
American family as identified by the prevailing social determinants of health and surrounding
physical environment. The model is best since it assists in disease prevention strategies and
health promotion and will explain and predict the individual changes in health behaviors (Brown,
Manning & Stykes, 2015, p 180). For instance, the father requires physical and bone density
examinations and is at high risk of developing job related stress due to sedentary lifestyle. In this
case, the initial step will entail conveying information regarding his risk behaviors such lack of
physical fitness and assist him enroll in a physical fitness facility such as gym fitness centers that
are located near his residence. The model will assist him develop self-efficacy that is important
in improving the likelihood of behavior change (Braveman & Gottlieb, 2016, p 23).