Health Promotion

Question 1

What is the social ecologic theory?

Answer 1

Behaviour affects and is affected by multiple levels of influence. (individual, interpersonal, institutional, community and policy)

Question 2

What is the health belief model?

Answer 2

Focuses on the perceived threat of a health problem, the benefits of avoiding the threat and barriers to doing so.

Question 3

What is the stages of change model?

Answer 3

Behaviour change is a process not an event.

Question 4

What is the theory of meaningful learning?

Answer 4

Behaviour change is a unique process that each person must learn on their own.

Question 5

What is the information processing model?

Answer 5

States that individuals must be exposed to, comprehend, retain, and retrieve pertinent information in order to make a decision and engage in behavior change.

Question 6

What is social cognitive theory?

Answer 6

Posits that whether a person will change a health behavior depends on (1) self-efficacy, (2) goals, and (3) outcome expectancies

Question 7

Name the 5 approaches to health promotion.

Answer 7

Medical
Behaviour change
Educational
Client-centred
Societal

Question 8

What are the main areas discussed in the Ottawa Charter?

Answer 8

Strengthening community action
Develop personal skills
Create supportive environments
Reorient health services
Enable, mediate, advocate

Question 9

What are the steps in the project planning cycle?

Answer 9

1. Needs assessment
2. Writing objectives
3. deciding indicators
4. Implementation
5. Evaluation

Question 10

8 steps to grow an advocacy movement

Answer 10

1. develop a united consistant message.
2. Chose focussed issues
3. build alliances accross sectors.
4. Involve role-players at all stages
5. Use EBM for education
6. Evaluate outcomes of step 5
7. Build on existing initiatives
8. Find health champions!

Question 11

Advocacy strategies

Answer 11

Media
Courts
Legislation
Coalitions