Health Behaviour Change

Question 1

Define health behaviour

Answer 1

any activity undertaken by an individual believing themselves to be healthy, for the purpose of preventing disease or detecting it at an asymptomatic stage

Question 2

smoking stats

Answer 2

half of all smokers die because of a disease caused by their smoking half of these deaths occur when the person is young (age 35-69)

Question 3

health education thoughts

Answer 3

most effective for discrete behaviours (vaccinating child) messages tailored to audience are most effective people often need more knowledge for changes of behaviour, particularly when addictive (eg smoking, diet)

Question 4

fear arousal

Answer 4

behaviour change is least effective when caused by fear

Question 5

incentives in health change

Answer 5

providing incentives is most effective eg cash for quitting smoking

Question 6

peer pressure

Answer 6

adolescents particularly susceptible to peer pressure particularly when its from their best friend

Question 7

what is the expectancy-value principle

Answer 7

the potential for a behaviour to occur is any situation is a function of the expectancy that the behaviour will lead to an outcome and the value of that outcome how much do you want the result of the behaviour change

Question 8

health beliefs model

Answer 8

Question 9

what is outcome efficacy

Answer 9

the belief of the individual that the behaviour will lead to a certain outcome

Question 10

what is self efficacy

Answer 10

the belief of the individual that they are able to execute the behaviour required for the desired outcome

Question 11

4 factors influencing self efficacy

Answer 11

mastery experience social learning verbal persuasion or encouragement physiological arousal

Question 12

theory of planned behaviour

Answer 12

Question 13

transtheoretical (stages of change) model

Answer 13

relapse -> contemplation -> preparation -> action -> maintenance -> relapse etc etc etc