Health Behavior interventions

Question 1

Health behaviors

Answer 1

Behaviors undertaken by people to enhance or maintain their health

Question 2

Health habits

Answer 2

Behaviors that are firmly established and performed automatically without awareness

Question 3

7 good health habits from the Alameda County study

Answer 3

Sleeping 7-8 hours a night

Not smoking 
Eating breakfast every day
Not eating between meals 
Being no more than 10% overweight 
Having no more than 1-2 alcoholic drinks each day 

Getting regular exercise

Question 4

Primary prevention

Answer 4

Taking measures to combat risk factors for illness before it has a chance to develop

Keeping people from developing poor health habits in the first place

Question 5

Secondary prevention

Answer 5

Efforts that aim to reduce the impact of a disease or injury that has already occurred

Meant to give people treatment to prevent relapse

Question 6

Tertiary prevention

Answer 6

Strategy that aims to soften the impact of an ongoing illness or injury that has lasting effects

Done by helping people manage long-term, often complex health problems and injuries

Question 7

Determinants of health behaviors

Answer 7

Demographic factors
Age
Values 
Personal control 
Social influence 
Personal goals and values 
Perceived symptoms 
Access to the health care delivery system 
Knowledge and intelligence

Question 8

Educational appeals

Answer 8

People change their health habits, if they have good information about their habits

Question 9

fear appeals

Answer 9

People change their behavior if they fear that a particular habit is hurting their health

Question 10

Promotion motivation example

Answer 10

“Want your kid to learn water safety, take them to swimming lessons “

Question 11

Prevention motivation example

Answer 11

“Want to prevent your kid from drowning, take them to swimming lessons “

Question 12

Theory of planned behavior

Definition

Components (3)

Answer 12

Health behaviors are the result of a behavioral intention or plan

Behavioral intentions have three components:

• attitudes toward action
• subjective norms regarding action
• perceived behavioral control toward action

Question 13

Self determination theory

Definition ?
Components?

Answer 13

People are actively motivated to pursue their goals

Components fundamental to behavior change :

• autonomous motivation
• perceived competence

Question 14

Motivational interviewing

Definition?
Goal?

Answer 14

Interviewer adopts a nonjudgmental, non-confrontational encouraging and supportive style

Goal- to help clients express their positive or negative thoughts regarding the behavior

Question 15

Relapse prevention

Answer 15

Asking people to identify the situations that may lead to relapse

Engaging participants in constructive self talk

Question 16

Abstinence violation effect

Answer 16

Feeling of loss of control that results when a person has violated self imposed rules

Question 17

Trans theoretical model of behavior change

Stages ?

Answer 17

Precontemplation 
Contemplation 
Preparation 
Action 
Maintenance

Question 18

Social engineering

Answer 18

Modifying the environment in ways that affect people’s ability to practice a health behavior

Ex: New York banning big cups of soda

Question 19

Emotional factors may lead to unhealthy behaviors

T or F

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Health belief model

Answer 20

Factors influencing health behavior practices :

• perceived health threat
• perceived threat reduction

Question 21

The goal “used to increased perceived risk and perceived effectiveness of steps to modify health habits “ is from what theory ?

Answer 21

Health belief model

Question 22

Criticism of health belief model ?

Answer 22

It leaves out self efficacy , which is one’s ability to control his or her practice of a particular behavior

Question 23

Cognitive restructuring

Answer 23

A cognitive- behavioral approach

Trains people to recognize and modify their internal monologues to promote health behavior change

Question 24

Self control of behavior

Answer 24

A cognitive behavioral approach

People learn to control the antecedents and consequences of the target behavior