Health empowerment typically fosters which of the following?

• A. Increased patient knowledge
• B. Knowledge, skills, and support
• C. Greater reliance on clinician decision-making
• D. Reduced access to information

Answer: (B)

Health empowerment is about enabling individuals to control their health decisions by providing knowledge, practical skills, and ongoing support. When people have clear information about options, the ability to apply that information through self-management tasks, and a supportive environment from clinicians and peers, they can participate more actively in care choices and align decisions with their own values and circumstances. Knowledge alone helps, but without the accompanying skills to use it and the support to act on it, empowerment isn’t fully realized. By contrast, relying more on clinicians to decide for the patient or limiting access to information contradicts the idea of empowering the patient.