CHAPTER 14 Applications of Parse’s Human Becoming School of Thought 199THE HEALTH ACTION MODEL
FOR PARTNERSHIP IN COMMUNITY
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provision of health services based on Human
Becoming for families experiencing economic and
social marginalization and/or homelessness; (2)
using the Health Action Model to address health is-
sues of “site communities”; (3) providing educa-
tional experiences for nursing and other health
professional students, focusing on diversity; and (4)
extending the Health Action Model beyond the
local area and sharing it as a prototype for health
care regionally, nationally, and internationally
(Bunkers, Nelson, Leuning et al., 1999).
Parse’s human becoming school of thought
serves as the linchpin in this model for developing
new ways of connecting person to person, agency to
agency, and community to community. Bunkers
and colleagues (1999) stated: