Health 3 Flashcards
Health behaviours are the ‘________’ of research
Currency
Health behaviours are classified into
Risky
Preventative
The 7 features of a healthy lifestyle has been show to…
Lower morbidity/mortality
Belloc & Breslow (1972) proposed that people over 75…
Who carried out all 7 behaviours
Health comparable to 35-44 who did < 3
The BPM model stands for
Biopsychosocial model of health and illness
BPM model holds the view that
Health results from:
Bio
Psycho
Social
processes
BPM model
Biological characteristics example
Genetic predispositions
BPM model
Psychological processes example
Behaviours
BPM model
Social processes examples
Cultural influences/relationships
Good social support network =
Better health
4 things that can be improved by increased social support
Stress
Pain
Coping
Immunity
Biomedical model vs BPM
This model explains illness in simple terms: you’re either ill or you’re not
Biomedical
Biomedical model vs BPM
This model identifies individual factors as a single cause of illness
Biomedical
Biomedical model vs BPM
This model focuses on good health rather than illness
BPM
BPM or Biomedical model
This model considers all levels of explanation from _____ to ______, a _______
Micro
Macro
A continuum
Biomedical model vs BPM
Which model is a continuum
BPM
Behavioural determinants of disease include (3)
Smoking
Sedentary lifestyle
Nutrition
Lifestyle choices have a huge impact on health
True or false
True
How many cancers are preventable
1 in 2
43% of tumours are due to
Unhealthy lifestyles
True or false
Lifestyle changes at 70 can increase life expectancy
True
Wider determinants of health include (3)
Employment
Perceived control
Self efficacy
Younger, wealthier and better educated people are more likely to engage in
Health-enhancing behaviours
If a person experiences high stress, they are more likely to engage in
Health compromising behaviour
Why are wealthier people healthier people? What is the underlying factor
SES
UK Health Policies have been brought in, e.g.
Making seatbelt’s compulsory
Smoking ban
Change 4 life
Making seatbelt’s compulsory
Smoking ban
Change 4 life
All examples of
UK health policies
Brain/behaviour theory
Are brains exist in a n…
Novel environment
Brain/behaviour theory
Biologically, our brains are still at a
Neanderthal level
Brain/behaviour theory
Our culture has evolved v fast - brains have a lot of work to do to…
Regulate our thoughts and behaviour
Which classes of stimuli motivate which behaviours in the frog?
Food - eat
Prey - hide
Mate - procreation
Brain/behaviour theory
The same primitive urges are found in humans, but we have..
Opportunity to eat in abundance
Brain/behaviour theory
Our primary motivational concerns are same for humans as they are most animals. Therefore, c
Challenging system-motivated behaviours can be difficult
Brain/behaviour theory proposes
Culture evolved faster than brains
Still have primitive urges
Challenging system-motivated behaviour is difficult
Brain/behaviour theory
Energy conservation urges challenge…
Exercise
Brain/behaviour theory
Energy seeking behaviour challenges…
Eating habits
