Final Flashcards
Define: Social Detriments of Health
Health inequities from the societal conditions from which one is born, lives, work, and age.
List several factors that influence health relating to individuals:
Knowledge, genetics, attitude, demographics, ability
List several factors that influence health relating to social:
Peer group, family, support group
List several factors that influence health relating to cultural:
Cultural beliefs, attitude, acceptability
List several factors that influence health relating to socioeconomic:
Poverty, education, resources, social stress
List several factors that influence health relating to structural:
Access to healthcare, geography, roads, infrastructure
List several factors that influence health relating to political:
Policies, health insurance, regulations
List several factors that influence health relating to environmental:
Natural disasters, environmental risk, climate, disease vectors
Define: Theory
A set of interrelated constructs and propositions that present a systematic view of phenomena.
What are the four concepts that theory is predicated upon in western society?
- Order and Regularity
- Predictability
- Progress and Perfectibility
- Empirical Data
Define: Order and Regularity
Natural order of things with the practical application of that knowledge to human ends
Define: Predictability
Prediction of what will happen
Define: Progress and Perfectibility
The idea that true knowledge is a journey
Define: Empirical Data
Epistemology refers to ideas about how we know what we know.
Empiricism, rationalism, and theology are the three trends we use all the time. Generally, empirical data comes to us from our senses.
What are the four predecessors of public health theory?
Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, Ecology
Define: Psychology
Brain, operant Conditioning, Ivan Pavlov, behaviorist, humanistic, BF Skinner, classical conditioning, individual agency
Define: Sociology
Social Structure, Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, group norms and conformity, Pierre Bourdeau
Define: Anthropology
Comparing cultures, Frank Boaz, Margaret Mead, life patterns, symbols, language
Define: Ecology
Biology, complex systems, connected systems, interdependent systems
What are the four PSYCHOLOGY approaches that are predecessors to public health theory?
Behaviorist, Cognitive, Humanistic, and Social
Define: Behaviorist Psychology
Behavior is said to be learned or conditioned through action of stimulus-response to mechanisms.
Ex. Ivan Pavlov and the salivating dog
Classic and Operant Conditioning
Define: Cognitive Psychology
Focuses on the thinking process such as perception, memory, decision making, interpretation, reasoning.
Ex. Jean Piaget assimilation and accommodation. Cognitive psychology is an important part of HBM, SCT, and TPB
Define: Humanistic Psychology
Focuses on individual agency, the capacity of people to make choices and determine their future.
Define: Social Psychology
Concerned about how individuals interact with their social environment- groups, relationships, and other social units.
Which psychology approach do the Health Belief Model and Theory of Planned Behavior fit under?
Cognitive
Milligram Experiment:
Shock experiment
