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Intro to Health Behavior Notes Flashcards

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What is the central concern of health education?

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Health behavior

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What does health behavior encompass?

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Actions of individuals, groups, and organizations, as well as their determinants, correlates, and consequences

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Name three aspects of health behavior beyond observable actions

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Mental events, feeling states, and cognitive elements

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What types of determinants are included in health behavior?

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Beliefs, expectations, motives, values, perceptions, cognitive elements, and personality characteristics

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How does health behavior relate to social change and policy development?

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Health behavior is linked to social change, policy development & implementation, improved coping skills, and enhanced quality of life

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In health behavior, what are some examples of cognitive elements?

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Beliefs, expectations, and perceptions.

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What is the definition of behavior?

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The manner in which something acts, functions, responds, or reacts.

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Define health behavior

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The actions, responses, or reactions of an individual, group, or system that prevent illness, promote health, and maintain quality of life

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What are the two types of health behaviors?

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Individual health behavior and group health behavior

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According to Parkerson et al. (1993), what does health behavior include?

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The actions of individuals, groups, and organizations, as well as their determinants, correlates, and consequences, including social change, policy development and implementation, improved coping skills, and enhanced quality of life.

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What are some examples of health behaviors?

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Condom use, smoking, using seatbelts, eating healthy, exercising 5x a week, drug use, completing prescribed medication, getting a PAP test.

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Is health behavior necessarily motivated by concerns about health?

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No, health behavior is not necessarily motivated or influenced by concerns about health.

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Why is changing health behavior complex?

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Because behavior is influenced by many factors, and changing it requires a deep understanding of a range of influences.

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What must be understood before behavior can be changed?

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The determinants of behavior.

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What are some behavioral and environmental causes of obesity?

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Marketing of unhealthy food, overeating, lack of exercise

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How does the availability of healthy food affect dietary choices?

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The lack of supermarkets and farmers’ markets in low-income neighborhoods can limit access to healthy food options.

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What factors influence decisions about what people eat?

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Attitudes, beliefs, sociocultural norms related to diet, and the availability of healthy food

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What are some considerations when deciding what makes a good meal?

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Ethnic foods and personal preferences.

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What factors influence decisions to engage in physical activity?

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Cost, time, access, possibility of incorporating physical activity into daily life, physical characteristics of the built environment, and motivation

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What are the three categories of health behaviors?

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Preventive behavior, illness behavior, and sick-role behavior

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What is preventive behavior?

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Health-related behaviors of people who are healthy and try to maintain their health.

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What is illness behavior?

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Behavior undertaken by individuals who perceive themselves to be ill and seek relief or definition of illness.

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What is sick-role behavior?

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The treatment plan and actions taken once an individual is diagnosed with a disease.

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What has been a major concern over the past 20 years regarding health?

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Preventing disability, disease, and death through lifestyle changes.

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How have the leading causes of death shifted in recent years?

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There has been a transition from infectious diseases to chronic diseases as the leading causes of death.

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What is a significant aspect of many diseases today?

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Many diseases have some type of behavioral aspect.

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Name three examples of chronic diseases.

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Cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer.

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What defines infectious diseases?

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Infectious diseases are transmitted through a specific form of contact.

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What are chronic diseases?

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Chronic diseases manifest over time, are not always apparent, and may be long-lasting or recurring

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What are infectious diseases?

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Diseases transmitted through a specific form of contract

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Name three examples of infectious diseases.

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HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, pneumonia.

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How might the environment influence the spread of chronic diseases?

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Through factors such as air quality, access to healthy food, and opportunities for physical activity.

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How might the environment influence the spread of infectious diseases?

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through factors like sanitation, clean water access, and living conditions that affect disease transmission.

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How might one’s behavior influence the spread of chronic diseases?

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Behaviors such as poor diet, lack of exercise, and smoking can contribute to the development and progression of chronic diseases.

35
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Health Behavior is considered as complex meaning

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It is influenced by many factors

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What is the state of a person during preventative health behavior

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Healthy

37
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What is the state of a person during illness health behavior

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Perceives health problem

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What is the state of a person during Sick role health behavior

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Receives diagnosis

39
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What are the 3 dimensions of health behavior

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Complexity, Volitionality and Frequency

40
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Complexity involves

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Higher levels of knowledge or resources to preform simple behaviors

41
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What is an example of complexity

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The correct use of the male condom, which involves 10 steps

42
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Frequency includes

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Behaviors that can be frequent and repetitive, one time only or periodic

43
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Example of Frequency in health behavior

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Frequent: Diet & exercise
One time only: medical screening
Periodic: Mammogram

44
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Volitionality includes

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the degree of personal control over the behavior

45
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High volitionality refers to

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A person having complete control over preforming a behavior

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Low volitionality refers to

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Requires reliance on external resources

47
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What type of diseases account for the majority of deaths in the U.S. and worldwide

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Chronic disease

48
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Name four major chronic diseases

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  1. Heart disease
  2. Cancer
  3. Lung disease
  4. Diabetes
49
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What are behavioral factors that contribute to mortality

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Tobacco use
Diet
Physical activity
sexual activity

50
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Name three infectious diseases that continue to be threat

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Malaria
Ebola
Tuberculosis

51
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Which group is more vulnerable to infectious diseases

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Elderly and infants

52
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What role does socioeconomic status play in the impact of infectious disease

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Affects the access to healthcare and resources

53
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What are the current leading causes of death

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  1. Heart disease
  2. Cancer
  3. Stroke
  4. Chronic Lung Disease
  5. Accidents
  6. Pneumonia/ Influenza
  7. Diabetes
  8. AIDS
  9. Suicide
54
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How much does the U.S. government spend per person on disease compared to prevention

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The government spends:

$1,390 per person on treatment vs. $1.21 per person on prevention

55
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Why is prevention emphasized in healthcare

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It is cost effective and can reduce prevalence of disease

56
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What is the main goal of health education?

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Close the gap between what is known of health practice and what people actually do

57
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What is included in health education

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  1. Instruction activity
  2. Strategies to change individual health practices 3
    3.Organizational efforts to change behavior
  3. Policy directives
  4. economic supports
  5. Environmental activities
  6. Mass Media Campaigns
  7. Community level programs
58
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What is health promotion

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A combination of health education and related organizational supply that aims to conduct the health of individuals, groups and communities

59
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How is the scope of health behavior changing

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It is changing due to the introduction of new technologies and an increased demand for strategies to facilitate behavior change

60
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What are the 3 types of theories

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  1. Explanatory theories
  2. Change theories
    3 Implementation theories
61
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How do explanatory theories assist in problem solving

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They are used to identify the causes of a problem and predict the behavior of individuals

62
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What is the benefit of change theories?

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this theory type guides the development of interventions and form a basis for evaluation

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What is the benefit of implementation theories

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This theory links to a specific problem and audience

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What are the characteristics of Theory

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It should be:
Generalizable, Testable and Abstract

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