Health Behaviour Models Flashcards

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What are health behaviours?

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Behaviours that affect our health

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What are the two types of health behaviour?

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  • Protective
  • High risk
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What are some key protective health behaviours?

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  • Maintaining good hygiene
  • Eating well
  • Sufficient sleep
  • Being physically active
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What are the types of factors that influence health behaviour?

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  • 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
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What are the theories of health behaviour based on?

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  • 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
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Describe the Health Belief Model.

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  • 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
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Describe the theory of planned behaviour.

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  • Attitudes towards behaviour and subjective norms influence intentions
  • Intentions in turn influence behaviour
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Describe the transtheoretical model.

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  • Pre-contemplation leading to contemplation of behaviour change
  • Preparation for change
  • Change occurs
  • Maintenance of change
  • Relapse can occur and cycle repeats
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What are the intentions of motivational interviews?

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