Behavioural Science Flashcards
what are the three factors when looking at oral health care at the individual level
capability
motivation
opportunity
describe how capability affects the ability of an individual to carry out oral health care
physical and psychological abilit to enact a healthy behaviour or stop a health risk behaviour
describe how motivation can affect an individuals ability to carry out of oral health care
reflective and automatic inclination to enact a healthy behaviour or stop a health risk behaviour
describe how opportunity can have an impact on an individuals ability to carry out oral health care
physical or social conditions that support or hinder a healthy or health risk behaviour
what are the COM-B categories
automatic motivation
reflective motivation
physical capability
psychological capability
physical opportunity
social opportunity
how to aid automatic motivation
remove aversive stimulus
how to aid reflective motivation
information about positive health consequences
how to aid physical capability
restructure the physical environment
how to aid psychological capability
instruct how to perform the behaviour
how to aid physical opportunity
add objects to the indirectly experienced environment
how to aid social opportunity
increase awareness of others approval
what does behavioural science study
why people get ill and how we can help them protect their health
what is the dahlgren and whitehead model
helps us summarise factors that influence peoples health and illness
five levels:
- biological
- lifestyle
- interpersonal
- living and working conditions
- societal level
what is the COM-B model of behaviour change
people do things for a reason, so we need to maintain and support health behaviours and change health risk behaviours with awareness of challenges and sympathy
describe the components of dahlgren and whiteheads whitehead model of health determinants
- individual level
- interpersonal level
- living and working conditions
- societal level
