Health in Context

Question 1

Motivational Interviewing RULE

Answer 1

R- resist telling them what to do: avoid convincing someone about the right path to good health
U- understand their motivation: their values, needs, abilities, motivations and potential barriers to changing behaviours
L- Listen with empathy
E- empower them: work with them to set achievable goals and to identify techniques to overcome barriers

Question 2

Spirit of Motivational Interviewing

Answer 2

Autonomy
Collaboration
Evocation

Question 3

Principles of Motivational Interviewing

Answer 3

Roll with resistance
Express empathy
Develop discrepancy
Support self-efficacy

Question 4

Micro-skills of Motivational Interviewing

Answer 4

Open-ended questions
Affirm
Reflections
Summaries

Question 5

Change talk of Motivational Interviewing

Answer 5

Desires
Ability
Reason
Need

Question 6

Commitment of Motivational Interviewing

Answer 6

Commitment
Activation
Taking steps

Question 7

Health Inequity

Answer 7

unfair, avoidable differences arising from poor governance, corruption or cultural exclusion

• evokes moral outrage
• unfair and indefensible
• a result of human failure

Question 8

Health Inequality

Answer 8

the uneven distribution of health/ health resources as a result of genetic or other factors.

• eg. differences in mobility of the old vs the young
• geographical and population related health outcomes.

Question 9

Interlinked health inequity and inequality

Answer 9

if something is avoidable due to resources then it is interlinked.

Question 10

4 approaches to Health Psyc

Answer 10

1. Clinical health Psychology
2. Community health Psychology
3. Public health Psychology
4. Critical health Psychology

Question 11

Clinical health Psychology

Answer 11

core: age, sex, genetics

level 1: individual lifestyle

Question 12

Community health Psychology

Answer 12

level 2: social and community influences

Question 13

Public health Psychology

Answer 13

level 3: living and working conditions

Question 14

Critical health Psychology

Answer 14

level 4: general socio-economic and cultural conditions

-individuals and society are intricately linked

Question 15

Ontological concerns of critical psychology

Answer 15

Ontology refers to the study of the nature of being and existence

Mainstream psychology: human existence is constructed within an individualistic framework

Critical psychology: individuals and society are intricately linked

Question 16

Epistemological concerns of critical psychology

Answer 16

Epistemology refers to the study of knowledge and its dissemination

Mainstream psychology: knowledge can be discovered in nature via empirical investigation

Critical psychology: knowledge is a social construct that is mediated by power structures

Question 17

Methodological concerns of critical psychology

Answer 17

Methodology refers to the set of procedures or techniques used to conduct research

Mainstream psychology: logico-positivist approach

Critical psychology: pluralistic approach

Question 18

Where do critical health psychologists fit into the picture?

Answer 18

the critical psychologist draws attention to issues that warrant reparation and takes action thereon to amend the situation or at least give it a higher profile