Learning Objectives

Question 0

Information should include

Answer 0

Treatment, coping, change behavior

Question 1

How do you lower distress

Answer 1

Provide information, self-management, social support and emotional expression

Question 2

Stress management should include

Answer 2

Prob-solving
Cog restructuring
Relaxation

Question 3

Stress management have been proven effective for?

Answer 3

Arthritis, dermatitis, ibs, diabetes and angina

Question 4

What are the barriers to getting evidence into practice

Answer 4

Communication to practitioners 
Conflicting preferences 
Tailor to individual 
Right people to work together 
Resistance to change

Question 5

Barriers to change in health professionals

Answer 5

Organization issues
Transferability
Info transfer
Info content
Professional Personal characteristics 
Attitudes beliefs

Question 6

What is the ideal framework for intervention

Answer 6

Identifying, analyzing,
Developing outcomes
Consider the process and assessment, design, implement
Assess outcomes

Question 7

Children treatment communication involves (3)

Then adherence to all involves ?

Answer 7

Provide both written and verbal info
Build trust
Consider beliefs and attitudes between parent and child
Identify norms and expectations 
Gain and encourage commitment 
Work together to overcome barriers
Tailor lifestyles to family unit

Question 8

What has health psychology contributed to?

Answer 8

Understanding of lay perceptions of health, illness treatment and the cognitions that may facilitate or impede health behavior such as adherence

Question 9

Additionally health psychology has helped with communication in what way?

Answer 9

Asking the right questions, what are the barriers?
Subjective norm, self-efficacy
Compliance in motivating patients to adhere, treatment, management or behavioral change

Question 10

Barriers to evidence-based practice are

Answer 10

Academic surveys hard to translate
Population based on healthy rather than clinical not generalizable
Health models are behavioral not cognitive

Question 11

What does health psychology need to do?

Answer 11

Needs to encompass socio-cultural, economic, and political aspects of health care.

Question 12

What are the 6 main QOL

Answer 12

Social, physical, psychological, environmental, spiritual beliefs, independent

Question 13

What influences QOL?

Answer 13

Demographics, conditions, treatment and psychosocial factors

Question 14

QOL and age is important why?

Answer 14

Particular disease happens before it is considered normal

Old age may not allow for QOL

Question 15

What are the psychosocial influences on QOL

Answer 15

Emotional responses
Coping differences
Social support

Question 16

Why is measuring QOL important?

Answer 16

Allows for promoting communication
Measures inform
Evaluate alternatives

My input because we all want to die with dignity

Question 17

What are the advantages and disadvantages to QOL measures?

Answer 17

Generic- allows for comparison but does not uniqueness

Disease specific allows for uniqueness but not comparisons

Question 18

What emotions do individuals face in illness

Answer 18

Uncertainty
Disruption
Striving for recovery
Restoration of acceptance

Question 19

SEIQOL addresses ( standard of evaluation)

Answer 19

Identify 5 aspects that are of value to the individual

Question 20

What are the stages of cancer response?

Answer 20

Initial, dysphoria, adaption

Question 21

What does depression impede?

Answer 21

Treatment and rehabilitation

Question 22

What is anxiety associated with?

Answer 22

Poor control of blood glucose

Question 23

Depression is linked to ?

Answer 23

Resuming to pre-illness functioning

Question 24

Negative emotions hinder?

Answer 24

Behavioral change

Question 25

Positive responses include

Answer 25

Closer relationships after illness, empathy - women, healthier lifestyle-men

Maintaining positive involves
Psychological resilience, effective problem solving, upward spiral of feelings

Question 26

What ate specific issues around illness?

Answer 26

Symptoms, treatment, pain, uncertain future, maintaining health, relationships, self-image

Question 27

Sholtz findings of internal and external self-efficacy was?

Answer 27

Social support has greater benefit regardless of acceptance or comparison
Self-efficacy internal was mediated by coping

Question 28

Illness as a cac crisis

Answer 28

Cognitive, adaptive and coping

Question 29

Coping by denial or avoidance

Answer 29

Denial can be adaptive in short term but detrimental long term

Question 30

Family what are the 3 stages of adaption

Answer 30

Resistance, restructuring and consolidation

Question 31

What are the dimensions that helps with adaptation?

Answer 31

Cohesion, adaptability, communication

Question 32

What are the benefits of caring

Answer 32

Increased adherence to treatment and self-care
Better psychological functioning
Reduced mortality and increased survival

Question 33

Carer burden is

Answer 33

Emotional impact
Physical effects
Immunological
Positive

Question 34

What are the benefits of mass media?

Answer 34

Wide audience

Question 35

What are the limitations of media campaigns

Answer 35

Mass campaigns have shown little in changing behaviors

Question 36

What are some of the approaches to maximizing the effectiveness in mass media campaigns

Answer 36

Refining communication
Fear messages
Target interventions