health behaviour change

Question 1

what are the 5 best actions to improving wellbeing and preventing illness

Answer 1

never smoke, healthy weight, moderate to vigourous exercise, healthy diet, moderate alcohol consumption

Question 2

whats the habit loop

Answer 2

cue routine reward

Question 3

if we want to change a habit what parts of habit loop should we target

Answer 3

target the cue and routine. so potentially remove a cue to do something or change the cue. or change the routine we do when we see a certain cue

Question 4

what do we do if we want to develop habit

Answer 4

add a clear incentivising reward to the routine.

Question 5

what are the 4 main barriers to change

Answer 5

enjoyment of the poor behaviours, no immediate adverse effects of the poor behaviours, the amount of effort needed to change the health behaviours, fear which leads to denial that there is a problem with the behaviour

Question 6

what are the 6 stages of the transtheoretical model of change

Answer 6

precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance, relapse

Question 7

define the 6 stages of the transtheoretical model of change

Answer 7

precontemplation: no desire to change, nothing will elicit this change
contemplation starting to shift towards the idea of changed, but this idea needs to be encouraged
preparation: preparing mechanisms to go about the behaviour change
action - doing the action of changing the cue, routine or reward
maintenance: keeping the habit ongoing
relapse: this can occur at any time. its due to environmental factors which cause us to go backwards.

Question 8

define a barrier

Answer 8

something which prevents us from changing a health behaviour. can be beliefs or personal desires