Session 2 Flashcards
Health psychology is the study of h____, i_____ and health care practices – both professional and personal. It offers h_____ but fundamentally p_______ approach to issues in health, illness and health care.
health
illness
Holistic
Psychological
Health psychology aims to u_____, e_____ and ideally p____ health and illness behaviour in order that effective i______ can be developed to reduce the physical and emotional costs of risky behaviour and illness.
Understand
Explain
Predict
Interventions
Which model states that mind and body function independently of each other as the mind is incapable of influencing physical state?
Biomedical model
An approach acknowledging that biological, psychological and social factors interact to influence human behaviour and mental processes is known as?
Biopsychosocial model
Separating mind and body is known as?
Dualism
Conditions that influence seeking medical attention include:
- P______ Factors
- G_____
- Age
- S____-______, Ethnic, and Cultural Factors
- Characteristics of the S______
- Conceptualization of the D______
- Personal factors
- Gender
- Age
- Socio - economic
- Symptoms
- Disease
Wealthier countries having (generally) better health is an example of Health D_______
Differentials - Differences in health status and life expectancy across different groups
Income, home ownership, employment, qualifications, family structure, housing, access to transport and communications are all examples of potential S________- E________ D_______
Socio economic deprivation
Smoking, healthy eating, exercising and binge drinking are examples of D______ L______ of B______
Differential levels of behaviours
Different day to day levels of stress can be caused by what?
- Racism
- Discrimination
- Demands of shifting or maintaining culture
- Work-life balance
Differential access to health care and its uptake can be caused by what?
- Availability of health care providers
- transport/access to providers
- location
Low feelings of social inclusion, solidarity and trust in neighbours/communities is known as?
Low levels of social capital
The biomedical model states that Illness or disability results from disease either originating o_____ the body(germs) or though i______ i_____ c_____ ( cell mutations)
Outside
Involuntary
Internal
Changes
The biomedical model is seen as reductionist…why?
The basic idea that mind, matter and human behaviour can all be explained at the level of cells, neural activity and biochemical activity. ignores that people respond differently to disease on a personal level.
Which hypothesis suggests that living in low socio-economic groups puts added stresses on the quality of live with in turn leads to health problems?
The Stress Hypothesis
