Date of Award

2010

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)

Committee Chair

Janie Carlton

Abstract

Faith communities have a unique opportunity to help congregational members modify health-seeking behaviors in order to reduce modifiable health risk factors. Health researchers have increased their use of health locus of control as a preferred method for studying health promotion and sick-role behaviors. Targeted education and activities designed from the context of the subjects' health locus of control may provide an effective method to influence people to make positive healthy behavior modifications with a higher likelihood of success because locus of control beliefs have been shown to have direct relationships with healthy behavior choices. The health locus of control theory has not been widely used in a faith community structure. This project investigated the potential use of health locus of control to design a faith community program that would reach the congregation in the context of their own current locus of control to help them achieve improved health and wellbeing.

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