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You Work as a Dental Hygienist in a School-Based Health

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You work as a dental hygienist in a school-based health center in a public high school (grades 9 through 12) . The health clinic is staffed by you, a dental assistant, a dentist, a nurse practitioner, a health educator, a school nurse, a social worker, a mental health counselor, a nutritionist, and a sports medicine specialist. In addition to having the health clinic available, students are required to take a health class for 4 weeks in ninth grade. In the last few months, parents and teachers have reported increased use of smokeless tobacco, cigarettes, and e-cigarettes by students outside the school grounds. The principal has asked the health center team to address the problem of increased use of tobacco products.
-The health team is considering incorporating an assessment of the teens' knowledge of the health effects of tobacco use and their current use of tobacco products into the health history that they complete for a dental appointment in the health center. Which combination of the following health promotion theories will be best to design an intervention based on these assessment data?


A) Social Learning Theory and Health Belief Model
B) Organizational Stage Theory and Social Learning Theory
C) Stages of Change Theory and Health Belief Model
D) Diffusion of Innovations Theory and Stages of Change Theory

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