Behaviour changes Flashcards
Explain what behaviour change techniques (BCT) are
A behaviour change technique is a strategy that helps an individual change their behaviour to promote a better health
Explain what behaviour change theories are
Attempts to explain why human behaviours changes
How does the following relate to behaviour:
Behavioural beliefs
Normative beliefs
Control beliefs
Behaviour beliefs –> Attitude –> Behavioural intention –> Behaviour
Normal beliefs –> Subjective norm –> Behavioural Intention –> Behaviour
Control beliefs —> Perceived behavioural control –> Behaviour Intention –> behaviour (or straight to behaviour after perceived behavioural control)
Explain behaviour changes in dietetics
A behaviour change intervention is not about telling people what they should do. It is about motivating, inspiring and enabling people to change behaviours that benefit their personal health, as well as the overall wellbeing of their families
Name a method of goal setting - give what the acronym stands for
SMART
Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Relevant
Timely
Explain the health belief model
The Health Belief Model is a theoretical model that can be used to guide health promotion and disease prevention programs. It is used to explain and predict individual changes in health behaviours.
Explain the Transtheoretical model
The transtheoretical model of behaviour change is an integrative theory of therapy that assesses an individual’s readiness to act on a new healthier behaviour, and provides strategies, or processes of change to guide the individual.
Explain the protection motivation theory
Protection motivation theory was created to help understand individual human responses to fear appeals. Protection motivation theory proposes that people protect themselves based on two factors: threat appraisal and coping appraisal.
What are the 4 components of the protection motivation theory?
Perceived severity
Perceived vulnerability
Response efficacy
Perceived self-efficacy
Explain the social cognitive theory
People are driven not by inner forces, but by external factors
Human functioning can be explained by a triadic interaction of behaviour, personal and environmental factors
Explain the theory of planned behaviour
Suggests that behaviour is dependent on one’s intention to perform the behaviour
Intention is determined by an individual’s attitiuce (beleifs and values about the outcome of the behaviour) and subjective norms (beliefs about what other people think the person should do or general social pressure)
Behaviour is also determined by an individual’s perceived behavioural control, defined as an individual’s perceptions of their ability or feeling of self-efficacy to preform behaviour
Where does public health data come from?
Routine collected data
Census
NHS
Health behaviours:
Health survey for England
National diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS)
