A nurse is developing a health promotion care plan for an otherwise healthy man who is married with four children and has a career as a public school teacher. Which of the following environmental factors could have a major effect on the patient's health promotion activities?

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Developmental factors describe positive or negative influences on health-seeking behaviors or compliance with a health promotion plan of care. Health promotion may be on the man's mind, but he may be caught up in self-imposed time constraints providing for his family and planning for retirement that may make it difficult to maintain a healthy lifestyle. The man may not perceive the task of self-health promotion as a priority. The spiritual environment includes a person's perception of help from a higher power and is not relevant in this scenario.

A Nurse Is Developing a Health Promotion Care Plan for an Otherwise