Post midterm review Flashcards

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What is one of the most common ways to get people to get a gym membership?

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capitalizing on securities and weight stigma.

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2
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What is BMI a measure of?

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Size, BMI can be a complete inaccurate assessment of health

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3
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What is obesity measuring?

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Level of function

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What is the definition of obesity?

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Excess adiposity and/or dysfunctional adipose tissue that causes biopsychosocial co-morbidities (NO MENTION OF BMI)

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Why would higher weight and obesity not be the same?

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Higher weight- Mark of physical health

Obesity- mental disorder

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How is weight highly socialized?

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  1. Body ideals and expectations
  2. Associations of personal characteristics with weight
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What are the most common adjectives associated with weight stigma?

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Lazy, non-compliant, and lacking self-control

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What is weight stigma?

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Negative social stereotypes and misconceptions associated with body weight

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What further projects weight stigma?

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The media

Example- T.V show “The Biggest Loser”

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10
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What is the problem with weight stigma?

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The problem is associating personality traits with weight

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Adults who have obesity identify ________ ________ settings as a source of weight stigma

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Physical Activity Settings

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12
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Experiencing weight stigma reduces ____ - _______ to be active

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Self-efficacy

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13
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Weight stigma increases maladaptive coping behaviors like…..

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Unhealthy eating and avoiding activity

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14
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What is the prevailing narrative for the cause of obesity?

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That someone with obesity is Individually Responsible

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15
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How many known causes are there of obesity?

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200 causal factors

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What are the 7 main categories that summarize the causes of obesity?

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  1. Food production
  2. Social influences
  3. Food Consumption
  4. Individual Psychology
  5. Biology
  6. Individual Activity
  7. Activity Environment
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What is an example of how food production can affect obesity?

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Food production is a social determinant of health, access to grocery stores can affect obesity

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What is an example of how Social Influences can affect obesity?

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Socialization

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19
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What is an example of how Food consumption can affect obesity?

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Cooking skills

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20
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What is an example of how Individual Psychology can affect obesity?

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Mental illnesses

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What is an example of how Biology can affect obesity?

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Genetic proportions, families usually have similar body structures

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What is an example of how Individual Activity can affect obesity?

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Knowledge of activities

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What is an example of how Activity Environment can affect obesity?

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Parks, sidewalks, are you safe?

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24
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How can you connect the complex map of obesity to social determinants of health?

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Food production and individual activity are still there but they do not function in isolation.

Example: We can give you exercise and nutrition programs however we must take into consideration social determinants, can you even afford this program?

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25
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Only ____ to ____ percent of Canadian adults are visibly active.

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15 to 20 percent

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26
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What is weight bias?

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Negative attitudes we hold towards weight (not just society)- can be influenced by weight stigma, and/or implicit (we don’t know they are there)

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27
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What is weight based discrimination?

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When you act on your bias to treat others unfairly

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28
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Why is embarrassment not the same as shame and guilt?

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Embarrassment is ACUTE

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29
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What does shame and guilt impact and how does it impact it?

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Wellness and health behaviors by increasing stress, maladaptive eating behaviors and physical inactivity

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30
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What does shame do?

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An intense emotion
- Shame further takes away our feeling of power

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31
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What does guilt do?

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An intense emotion
-Guilt prevents us from acting for ourselves

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32
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What are 3-4 things that happen when someone is experiencing weight bias and stigma?

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  1. Increased risk of experiencing internalized weight bias
  2. Acceptance and self-directs neg stereotypes associated with weight
  3. impacts indiv living with obesity
  4. associated with poor mental health outcomes and weight gain
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33
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What is internalized weight bias?

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Self-blame, believing negative associations with weight about yourself

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What does internalized weight bias do?

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Focuses on obesity and indiv. responsibility, and drives obesity as well as reduces motivation and compliance to health recommendations

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35
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What is the main driver of obesity?

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Its not the exercise, and not the nutrition, but the main driver is STIGMA

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36
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What can recognizing your weight bias+stigma do?

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Reduces your actions and one step further improves attitudes

37
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Weight loss is one of the _____ effective goals to set to change your wellness behaviors!

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LEAST

38
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___ % higher likelihood to experience bullying if a child has obesity

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63%

39
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___ % of adults who have obesity report stigma at work

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54%

40
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More then ___% of media representing obesity use weight stigmatizing messaging

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70%

41
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___ % of patients who have obesity report experiencing weight bias from a health care provider

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64%

42
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What is thermoregulation?

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“energy in, energy out”

43
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Why is thermoregulation not effective?

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Slow process, the “reward” takes a long time to observe, resources may be limiting, knowledge may be limiting, continuous exposure to weight stigma and risk of internalization

44
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On average, exercise studies show that weight loss is only about __ kg

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2.0 Kg

45
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Long term __________ for diet programs is very poor

A

Sustainability

46
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We should reframe health goals to be ______ related

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Wellness

47
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What are the ACUTE benefits of exercise?

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  • Better mood
  • Better sleep
  • Improves energy levels
48
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How could you reframe the health goal “I want to improve my sleep” into a wellness goal?

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I will sleep 8 hours a day, I will not look at social media

49
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How could you reframe the health goal “I want to improve my mental health” into a wellness goal?

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I will try to meet my friends on the weekend, I will journal

50
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How could you reframe the health goal “I want to improve my blood pressure” into a wellness goal?

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I will exercise 30 mins per day, I will meditate 15 mins a day

51
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If you focus on _______, _______ will follow

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If you focus on wellness, health will follow

52
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What are some ways you benefit from phy activity other then weight loss

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Improves insulin sensitivity, reduced blood pressure, reduce mood disorders, better body image

53
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______ _____ is not how we should judge the success of physical activity or therapy

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Weight loss

54
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What are 2 more compassionate ways to promote/measure success for physical activity other then the number on the scale?

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  1. Adherence- did you do the phys activity?
  2. Affect- how did you feel after the phys activity?
55
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Goal should be to have __ to __ mins of moderate to vigorous activity on most days of the week trying to achieve at least ___ min per week AND incorporate strength training _____ per week

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30-60 min most days

at least 150 mins per week

strength training TWICE per week

56
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What is the issue with media showing rapid weight loss methods?

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False promises, “sense of failure”, not evidence based or sustainable, increased shame and guilt

57
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What does the socioecological framework do?

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Helps us to understand behavior changes

58
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How does the socioecological framework work?

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  • each level influences your behaviors
  • closer to the middle the more personal
  • levels interact with each other
  • some factors may influence you more or less at diff times in your life
59
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What are the 5 levels in the socioecological framework?

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  1. Public policy
  2. Community
  3. Organizational
  4. Interpersonal
  5. Individual
60
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What is an example of public policy? (sociological framework)

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Laws- online school mandated

61
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What is an example of Community? (sociological framework)

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Access, connectedness, spaces- The library is always packed

62
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What is an example of Organizational ? (sociological framework)

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Schools, workplaces - The uni always has lots of events that are more fun then studying

63
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What is an example of Interpersonal? (sociological framework)

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Family, friends - The ppl in your household are active

64
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What is an example of Individual? (sociological framework)

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Skills, attitudes, knowledge- Your motivation to be active

65
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Why is it helpful to know the sociological framework?(3 reasons)

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  • Understand what influences the person and use it to help overcome it
  • Understand what they may have in control of cannot control and meet them where they are at
  • Understand what level may need to be addressed to help a person or a larger population
66
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Influencers in this sociological model vary based on many factors OUTSIDE of our control.(5 key things)

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SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
- Economic stability
- healthcare access and quality
-social and community network
- built environment
-education access and quality

67
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Wellness Behaviors= ______ Strategies

A

Coping

68
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Self-compassion may be an important _______ trait that we need for effective coping

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Intrapersonal

69
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What is self-compassion?

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Directing kindness and care to yourself

70
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What are the 3 factors of self-compassion?

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  1. Self-kindness
  2. common humanity
  3. mindfulness
71
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What is Self-kindness?

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Treating yourself kindly when things go wrong

Focus on resilience

Be reassuring not critical - “I failed” to “I tried” or “I failed” to “What can I do next time”

72
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What is common humanity?

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Recognizing that your experiences are a part of life

understand differences in stress buckets

get away from the “why me” idea - pain and suffering is yours, and this doesn’t mean others don’t have their own

73
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What is mindfulness?

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Finding the balance between emotions and reality- dont dwell in the negative

understand when your emotions are too charged or take over

74
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How is self-compassion used?

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  • mostly in a 1 on1 setting
  • could include adopting other wellness behaviors
  • helps identify if you need “problem focused” or “emotion focused” coping(you may need to use both)
75
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What is Problem- focused coping?

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Managing a specific event or issue causing distress

76
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What is Emotion-focused coping?

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Regulating your emotional response to a problem or event causing distress

77
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What are the 5 categories of coping? (can do yourselves or a health care provider can lead you to them)

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  1. Positive cognitive restructuring
  2. Seeking support
  3. Problem solving
  4. Distraction
  5. Escape and avoidance
78
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Explain the positive cognitive restructuring coping strategy

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“finding the bright side”
- playing down negativity

For some this works well for others it causes mistrust with Heathcare providers

79
Q

Explain the seeking support coping strategy

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Needs added support/adopt more wellness behaviours

80
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Explain the problem solving coping strategy

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“Plan for action”
- you both understand the issue and can addresss it

81
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Explain the distraction coping strategy

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Fill the void with something else (e.g. work out)

THIS IS THE ONE THAT COULD GO BAD ex alcoholism- maladaptive strategy

82
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Explain the escape and avoidance coping strategy

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Recognize reality from what you feel

  • disengage cognitively but keep a balance (mindfulness)
83
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What is proactive coping?

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Establishing wellness behaviors and self-compassion

84
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What does proactive coping do?

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Allows you to be better at managing new stressful situations, emotionally regulate, and have positive biopsychosocial health

85
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What is self-reflection?

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Examining yourself inwardly- make sense of your response and situation in your own way

86
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What is empathy?

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Your ability to understand another persons reality

87
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Self- reflection and strengthening your empathy is a tool to overcome ______ _______ like implicit power

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Structural Barriers

88
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How would a health professional practice self-reflection in real time?(6 ways)

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  • Attentive listening
  • Patient-oriented discussion
  • Patient- oriented outcomes
  • Being inquisitive
    -Conveying their understanding and empathy verbally and physically
  • taking time to reflect- self-compassion
89
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A health care professional who is self-reflective is more _______ instead of ______.

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Inquisitive instead of directing