Health Promotion, Behaviour and Improving CVS Flashcards
What is the definition of health promotion?
health promotion enables people to increase control over their own health. It covers a range of social and environmental interventions that are designed to benefit and protect people’s health and quality of life by addressing and preventing the root causes of ill health not just focusing on treatment and cure
What are the different approaches of health promotion?
- providing information
- enhancing motivation
- behavioural methods
- health behaviour maintenance
- combined programs
Providing information
- websites
- publications
- campaigns
Enhancing motivation
- tailored content
- framing: gain (behaviour won’t pose risk) vs loss (behaviour might pose risk)
- cognitive behavioural therapy
- motivational intervireing
Behavioural methods
- training: eg. cardiac rehabilitation
- reminders: eg. apps/post-it notes
- reinforcers: eg. rewards for healthy behaviours
Health behaviour maintenance
helping people deal with a lapse/relapse (prolonged) to reduce it happening again
Combined health promotion programs
slimming clubs
What are the different health promotion targets?
- primary prevention: targets incidence of disease
- secondary prevetion: targets prevalence of disease
- tertiary prevention: targets impact of disease and tries to reduce severity
Risk factors for CVD?
Non-modifiable:
- education
- social class
- gender
Modifiable:
- smoking
- obesity
- sedentary lifestyle
- personality
What are the barriers of primary prevention?
- not fun
- addiction
- motivation
- lack of education
- lack of social/cultural support
Examples of secondary prevention
- blood pressure checks
- cholesterol checks
- to identify risk factors in people more likely to get CVD
What is the definition of personality?
personality is a person’s cognitive, affective or behavioural tendencies that are fairly stable across time and situations
Type A and B behaviour
A:
- high competitiveness
- high time urgency
- high hostility
B:
- low competitiveness
- low time urgency
- low hostility
How do you asses type A behaviour?
- structured interview
- self-report questionnaires
( Jenkins Activity Survery/ Framingham Type A Scale)
Treatment options for type A behaviour personality type?
- stress reduction strategies
- relaxation techniques
- anger management
