introduction to behavioural change - psychology Flashcards
what are health related behaviours
Health-related behaviors refer to habits, practices and activities or personal attributes that either enhance or put at risk the overall functioning of the participants
such as alcohol, diet, exercise , smoking , contraception, sunscreen, tooth brushing , uptake of vaccination screening , presenting at services, healthcare attendance , medicine adherence and self monitoring of general healthcare.
why Is behaviour change important
Behaviour plays an important role in people’s health for example, smoking, poor diet, lack of exercise and sexual risk taking can cause a large number of diseases.
2/3 adult overweight and 1/3 children overweight
what percentage of adults participate in adequate level of activity
under 40%
when is behaviour change important
primary prevention- health behaviour
secondary prevention - illness behaviour
treatment and recovery - sick-role behaviour
ongoing management- self care behaviour
Biggest risk factors for some eg CVD and diabetes
Key role in management of all eg asthma
what do case control studies look at
people with a particular outcome
what factors influence behaviours
biological
environmental
social
psychological
what is the health locus of control
how much we Belize we have control over our health - internal vs external locus of control
what is the health belief model
persons belief is a personal threat of an illness or disease together with persons belief in the effectiveness of the recommended health behaviour or action will predict the likelihood the person will adopt the behaviour
i.e. have demographic factor e.g. class age and gender have psccholigcla characteristic such as your personality
these both lead to perceived susceptibility , perceived severity , health motivation
perceived pros and cons
this all lead to behaviour or cues to actions such as symptoms
what is the rotation motivation theory
theatrical appraisal and coping appraisal
what is the theory of planned behaviour - intention, attitudes and subjective norm and control
attitudes towards a behaviour once weighing up pros and cons
stage of change model - 5 steps
precomtemplation - not thought about doing it
contemplation - though about, no plans
preparation - though bout doing and planning
action - currently doing or recently started
maintenance - doing for more than 6 months
termination or relapses
health action process approach
there are the 3 various model to explain how cognition influence what
motivations e.g. HBM
action - e.g. self efficacy( own belief or capacity to do something) , control theory
maintanice of behaviours e.g. HAPA
how do strategies support change
understand consequences of behaviours
feel positive about beliefs and changing behaviour
identify and reduce real barriers including addressing any information deficits, misconceptions
make a personal commitment to adopt health enhancing behaviours by setting goals linked to changes
action plans
coping plan
social support
self monitor
feedback of performance
reviews and revise goals
behaviour change techniques link health related behaviour to what
symptoms disease acute events
