Health Behaviour Models

Question 1

What are health behaviours?

Answer 1

Behaviours that affect our health

Question 2

What are the two types of health behaviour?

Answer 2

• Protective
• High risk

Question 3

What are some key protective health behaviours?

Answer 3

• Maintaining good hygiene
• Eating well
• Sufficient sleep
• Being physically active

Question 4

What are the types of factors that influence health behaviour?

Answer 4

• Biological e.g age, sex
• Social e.g socioeconomic status, peer pressure
• Cultural e.g cultural norms, healthcare provision
• Psychological e.g cognitive, emotional states and mental health

Question 5

What are the theories of health behaviour based on?

Answer 5

• Social norms and pressures
• Attitudes and beliefs
• Expectancy-value principle - behaviour changes or remains the same depending on person’s own belief that their behaviour will lead to certain outcomes

Question 6

Describe the Health Belief Model.

Answer 6

• Modifying factors such as age, gender, personality and culture present
• Influence perceived susceptibility of threat/disase
• Influence perceived benefits and barriers of change
• All of these factors influences likelihood of behaviour change

Question 7

Describe the theory of planned behaviour.

Answer 7

• Attitudes towards behaviour and subjective norms influence intentions
• Intentions in turn influence behaviour

Question 8

Describe the transtheoretical model.

Answer 8

• Pre-contemplation leading to contemplation of behaviour change
• Preparation for change
• Change occurs
• Maintenance of change
• Relapse can occur and cycle repeats

Question 9

What are the intentions of motivational interviews?

Answer 9

• Strengthen one’s own motivation and commitment to change
• Occurs without judgement or imposing views from HCP