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Midterm Flashcards

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Definition of Social Cognitive Theory

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Learning occurs in a social context in combination with interaction of person, context and environment.

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Major categories of SCT constructs (3)

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Personal Cognitive factors, socioenvironmental factors and behavioral factors

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Constructs of personal cognitive factors in SCT

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Self efficacy, collective efficacy, knowledge and outcome expectations

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Self efficacy definition and strategies

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It is the confidence a person has to complete a behavior. Confidence can be increased through training, motivation, modeling and stress reduction.

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Outcome expectations, definition and strategies

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It is the outcome one expects from performing or not, a behavior. It is a core construct and depends on physical outcome, social outcome and self evaluative outcomes.

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Knowledge, definition and strategies

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It is the amount of knowledge about a behavior. It can be improved through education.

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Constructs of Socioenvironmental factors in SCT

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Observational learning, normative beliefs, social support and opportunities and barriers.

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Observational learning, definition and strategies

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Learning by observing others, accomplished by observing an influential person, mass media, performances or journalism.

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Normative beliefs, definition and strategies

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Cultural norms and beliefs about the behavior. Discussions about perceptions vs actual data in regards to beliefs.

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Social support, definition and strategies

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Support from a person’s social network. Provide informational, instrumental or emotional support for behavior change

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Barriers and opportunities, definition and strategies

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Attributes that make it harder or easier to perform behavior. Facilitate behavior by increasing opportunities and remove impediments.

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Constructs of Behavioral Factors of SCT

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Behavioral skills, intentions and reinforcement and punishments

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Behavioral skills, definition and strategies

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Abilities needed to perform behavior, knowledge and skills come together to be behavioral capability.

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Intentions, definition and strategies

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Goals of adding new behaviors or modifying existing behaviors. Setting goals, target dates, activities for skills and monitoring progress

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Reinforcement and Punishment, definition and strategies

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Provision or removal of rewards or punishments. Can be tangible or social.

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TTM Definition

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uses stages of change to integrate processes and principles of change across major theories of intervention, hence the term transtheoretical

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Stages of Change for TTM

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Precontemplation, Contemplation, Preparation, Action, Maintenance and Termination

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Precontemplation definition and strategies

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No intention to take action in the next 6 months.

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Contemplation definition and strategies

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Intend to change behavior in the next 6 months.

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Preparation definition and strategies

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Intend to take action within the next 30 days and has taken some steps in that direction.

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Action definition and strategies

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Changed overt behavior for less than 6 months

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Maintenance definition and strategies

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Changed overt behavior for more than 6 months

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Termination definition and strategies

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No temptation to relapse and 100% confidence.

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Decisional Balance

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individuals weighing of the pros and cons of changing.

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Theory of Reasoned Action definition

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A person’s behavioral intention is affected by attitude, subjective norms and external factors.

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3 Main Groups for TRA

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External variables, attitude and subjective norms

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External variable constructs in TRA

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Demographics, personality, referent groups, attitudes towards targets, indirect effect on behavioral intentions

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Attitude constructs in TRA

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Sum of their behavioral beliefs.

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Subjective Norms in TRA

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One’s awareness of expected behavior from different reference groups.

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Health Belief Model

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Premise that people are more likely to engage in a health behavior if they believe in the constructs.

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Constructs of HBM

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Perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived barriers, perceived benefits, cues to action and self efficacy.

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What construct is added to TPB

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Adds perceived control over that behavior

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6 steps to a successful campaign

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  1. Build public health case
  2. Do the polling
  3. Build a broad based coalition, write resolutions
  4. Use earned and paid media as much as possible.
  5. Make policy an election year issue
  6. Lobby the legislature
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Recognizing policy windows

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Problem is being recognized as important, policy options are considered doable and reasonable and a policy leader is able to put the policy up for a vote.

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Definition of CBPR

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An collaborative approach to research that involves all partners in the research process and recognizes the unique strengths that each brings.

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CBRP involves:

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Colearning and transfer of expertise, shared decision making, mutual ownership of the processes and products of research

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Principles for community organizing

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Planning based on historical understanding of the community. Because the issue is one of multiple causality

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Rothman’s Model of Community Organization

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Locality development
Social Planning
Social Action

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Locality Development

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Getting together as a community to discuss their problems.

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Social Planning

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Gain facts and decide on a course of action towards a problem.

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Social Action

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Crystallize the issue so that people know who their enemy is.

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