Edberg - Chapter 1

Question 1

Individual factors that are contributors to the behaviour of an individual.

Answer 1

Awareness/knowledge, biophysical characteristics, personal attitudes/motivations, developmental stage, behaviour/habit socialization.

Question 2

Social/cultural/group factors that are contributors to the behaviour of an individual.

Answer 2

Social/peer group lifestyle patterns, cultural attitudes/beliefs, level of social support.

Question 3

Socioeconomic and structural factors that are contributors to the behaviour of an individual.

Answer 3

Poverty, education, access to health care, social stressors, access to clean water.

Question 4

Political factors that are contributors to the behaviour of an individual.

Answer 4

Policies and funding for health promotion programs, health insurance, regulations that affect health risk.

Question 5

Environmental factors that are contributors to the behaviour of an individual.

Answer 5

Presence of an environmental risk, disasters, conditions for the spread of infection.

Question 6

Ecology

Answer 6

A system of interactions between organisms and an environment, the complex relationships among organisms, the dependant relationships among members of the system.

Question 7

5 levels of influence within a social ecology of behaviour

Answer 7

Individual. Family/Social. Community/Population. Cultural/Societal. Political/Economic/Structural.