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Question 1

What are health-seeking behaviours?

Answer 1

What people do when they experience symptoms

Question 2

What is the symptom iceberg?

Answer 2

Only 1/3 of people with symptoms seek medical help; other 2/3 do nothing, self-medicate, etc

Question 3

What is health-seeking behaviour linked to?

Answer 3

Symptom perceptions - severity, frequency, familiarity etc.
Symptom explanations - how someone makes sense of them in context of their life
Symptom evaluation - costs/benefits of seeking help

Question 4

Name 5 Social Triggers to seeking Medical Help:

Answer 4

Interference with social and personal relationships
Interference with vocational/physical activity
Sanctioning by others - lay referral system
Temporalising of symptoms
Interpersonal Crisis (e.g. Family member diagnosis with cancer)

Question 5

What are the three types of health behaviour?

Answer 5

Good Health Behaviour - e.g. Regular exercise
Health Protective Behaviour - e.g. Attending health checkups
Health Impairing habits - e.g. Smoking

Question 6

What are the 4 determinants of health behaviour?

Answer 6

Background factors
Stable factors
Social factors
Situational factors

Question 7

Name 3 social cognition theories:

Answer 7

Health Belief Model
Theory of Planned Behaviour
Transtheoretical Model

Question 8

What 4 factors influence health-seeking behaviour?

Answer 8

How people respond to symptoms
Decisions about consulting
Expectations about treatment
Concordance with treatment plans