session 4

Question 1

Lay Beliefs

Answer 1

(beliefs about health and illness held by non-professionals. it Constructed by people about areas in their lives about which they have no specialized knowledge.

Question 2

is lay belifes is true or not ?

Answer 2

Some Lay Health Beliefs are entirely sensible and reasonable whilst others are just weird and have little basis in evidence or reality

Question 3

perception of the health

Answer 3

negative -definition of health
the functional definition of health
The positive definition of health

Question 4

negative -definition of health

Answer 4

health equates to the absence of illnes

Question 5

negetive defintion May be especially common in

Answer 5

in socio-economically disadvantaged people, older people and those with chronic illness

Question 6

Functional definition

Answer 6

health is the ability to do certain things

Question 7

the functional definition is common in

Answer 7

working class people

Question 8

Positive definition

Answer 8

health is a state of wellbeing and fitness

Question 9

Your perceptions of health are strongly influenced by?

Answer 9

how much you think you can assert control over your health

– And how much you can assert control in everyday life

Question 10

Interplay between lay and medical beliefs

Answer 10

Clearly not distinct and separate…

 Public surrounded by professional concepts so difficult for lay understandings to develop independently.

 But professional concepts likely to be interpreted and made sense of in light of everyday life experience.

Question 11

how lay beliefs Influence on behavior?

Answer 11

Preventive (or health) behavior– activity undertaken for purpose of preventing illness

 Illness behavior– the activity of ill person to define illness and seek solution

 Sick role behavior– formal response to symptoms, including seeking formal help and action of person as a patient

Question 12

according to the effect of the health lay belifes what is the response of the patient which have symptoms

Answer 12

 ~1/3 will do nothing about their symptoms
 ~1/3 will self-medicate/alternative practitioner

 ~1/3 will consult their GP

Question 13

Most symptoms never get to a doctor – known as

Answer 13

symptom iceberg

Question 14

Lay referral

Answer 14

The chain of advice-seeking contacts which the sick make with other lay people
prior to – or instead of – seeking help from health care professionals

Question 15

Doctors have professional referral system (T/F)

Answer 15

T

Question 16

If potential patient participates in a sub-culture different from that of doctors, and there is an extended lay referral system, would lead to HIGH rate of utilization of services

Answer 16

F (Low utlization )

Question 17

Why is lay referral important?

Answer 17

important in understanding use of health services and medication.

Question 18

Main themes influencing decision of seeking medical advice

Answer 18

1. Symptom experience
2. Symptom evaluation
3. Knowledge of disease and treatments
4. Experience of, and attitudes towards health professionals

Question 19

Why understanding lay beliefs is important?

Answer 19

Impact on health behavior
 Impact on illness behavior
 Impact on compliance/non-compliance (adherence) with treatment
 Impact on lay referral networks & so effect the use of health services & medication