Health Psychology L1 Flashcards
What is Health
The state of complete physical, social and spiritual well-being, not simply the absence of illness”
Describe the four levels of Health Psychology
-Individual Life style factors
- Social & Community influences
- Public Health - Living and Working conditions
- Critical Health - Socio-economic & environmental conditions
What are the 5 maslow’s hierarchy of needs
Physiological, safety, love & belonging, esteem and self-actualization
Explain physiological
Breathing, food, water, sex, sleep, homeostasis
Explain safety (maslows)
Security of body, employment, resources, family, health, property
Explain love and belonging ( maslows)
Friendship, family and intimacy
Explain esteem (maslows)
Self-esteem, confidence achievement, respect of others, respect by others
Explain self-actualisation (Maslow)
Morality, creativity, spontaneity, problem solving, lack of prejudice acceptance of facts
What is the core of health psychology
Biomedicine i.e age, biological factor, sex, heredity
What are the five layers of health
Biomedicine, clinical ( individual), community, public (working and living) and critical (socioeconomic) health psychology
Explain clinical health psychology
Look at Prevention and treatment of illness, and the analysis and improvement of the health care system. Key words - evidence -based practice and randomise control trials where they compare different intervention which then they argue via evidence based practice
Explain community health psychology
Focuses on engaging the community to help address problems via capacity building & empowerment
Explain public health psychology
Looking at ways to improve the health of the public ie get more people running and exercises
Explain critical health psychology
The analysis of how power, economics and macro-social processes influence health
Explain critical health psychology
The analysis of how power, economics and macro-social processes influence health
