Health belief models & dimensions of wellness Flashcards
Define health
complete physical, mental and social well-being.
What are the three models of health?
biomedical model: physical aspects of health
social model: culture, community, family, healthcare professionals
biopsychosocial model: perceptions of symptoms + response to symptoms (person, characteristics, experience, behaviour) models of health
what are the two disability models?
social model (says barriers are in society) & medical model (says people are disabled by impairment and it needs to be ‘fixied’)
What are the dimensions of wellness?
- Physical = ability to maintain healthy quality of life & go about our daily life.
- Intellectual = openminded, expanding knowledge, seeking mental stimulation & life-long learner.
- Emotional = ability to understand self & cope with challenges, identify & share feelings, and self-acceptance.
- Social = develop & maintain relationships and support diversity.
- Spiritual = ability to establish peace & harmony, values & beliefs, religion, and mind-body connection.
- Occupational = ability to get fulfilment, maintain balance, setting goals & creating professional networks.
- Environmental = recognise responsibility & make positive impact (home, community & planet)
What is the Maori model of wellness?
Te Whare Tapa Wha
1. Land & roots
2. Family & social
3. Mental & emotional
4. Spiritual
5. Physical
What is Hauora Maori?
Hauora Maori is the holistic view of health and includes 4 cornerstones: mental health and emotions; spiritual health; physical health; whānau as the epicentre of one’s wellbeing.
*Te Whare Tapa Wha is the wellness model developed from Hauora Maori. *
What are the five actions of wellbeing?
to enhance wellbeing people can…
1. connect with people
2. be physically active
3. being present
4. learning new things
5. giving time, money and support
*people can also minimise media, eat/move/connect, take breaks, & be supportive of others to enhance wellness. *
Define health behaviour
aimed to enhance or maintain health (ex. exercising, eating right, etc.)
define illness behaviour
aimed at seeking remedy for symptoms and illness (ex. taking medication)
What is the health belief model used for?
To understand why one would engage in health-promoting or health-compromising behaviour.
What are the four components of the health belief model? Which is the best / poorest predictor?
predicting / understanding why people engage in health promoting or health compromising behaviour
[1] Perceived Severity
individual’s perception of the illness and how it could impact their life
[2] Perceived Susceptibility
**poor predictor **
individual’s perception on their susceptibility to an illness + may indulge in more risky behaviour
[3] Costs & Benefits of Behaviour
individual weighs benefits of stopping behaviour with barriers they would face when attempting to stop behaviour
[4] Cues to Action
**most reliable predictor **
other factors that influence if one is willing to starting a healthy behaviour or stop an unhealthy behaviour (friends, social media, etc.)
= behaviour engaged in
Describe components of theory of planned behaviour
Better at predicting behaviour once one is sick.
Attitudes = beliefs someone has that a certain behaviour will lead to a certain outcome (ex. safe sex = unlikely to get pregnant)
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Social Norms = perceptions of how others will view behaviour + motivation to comply with others’ wants.
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Perceived Behavioural Control = perception on if they can perform a behaviour
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Behavioural Intentions
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Behaviour
