Health and Behaviors

Question 1

why do people engage in unhealthy behaviors?

Answer 1

• physical environment, psychological policy, environments, community norms, lack of knowledge, benefits immediate and cost are deffered

Question 2

Intrapersonal

Answer 2

biological factors, attitudes, beliefs, skills, knowledge, self-efficacy

Question 3

interpersonal

Answer 3

family, partner, roles models, social support, friends

Question 4

institutional/ organizational

Answer 4

school, workplace, social groups, religious groups

Question 5

community

Answer 5

neighborhood characteristics, community norms, relationship between organizations

Question 6

societal/ public policy

Answer 6

media, zoning, social norms, laws, enforcements

Question 7

Major Health Behavior Risks

Answer 7

Tobacco, poor diet, and lack of exercise

Question 8

wonder drug

Answer 8

physical activity

Question 9

Alcohol: acute and chronic

Answer 9

acute: stroke, various cancers, alcoholic liver disease
chronic: motor vehicle crash, homicide, suicide

Question 10

Alcohol Policy: prohibition

Answer 10

• Health- improved
• Social consequences= bootleg, violence, disobeying

Question 11

Major PH sucess

Answer 11

Reduction in motor vehicle injuries
- safer roads, campaigns against drunk driving, vehicle safety improvements

Question 12

Public Health Challenges

Answer 12

individual choice and individual consequences, political ethical, philosophical, legal, and economic barriers

Question 13

How to change Health Behavior?

Answer 13

education, incentives, law and policies

Question 14

Predictor of Health

Answer 14

SES and race and ethnicity

Question 15

health belief model

Answer 15

1: extent person feels vulnerable to the threat
2: perceived safety to threat
3: preceived barriers to taking action to reduce risk
4: received effectiveness of preventative measures to minimizes the problem

Question 16

self-efficacy

Answer 16

the sense of having control over one’s life