Test 1 (Intrapersonal Theory) Flashcards
Teaches people about behaviors and promote wellness?
Health educators
The state of well being with the absence of disease
Health
Five Key action strategies for health promotion
build health public policy create physical and social environments supportive of change strengthen community action increased self efficacy reorient health services
Five priorities for Health Promotion
promote social responsibility for health
increase investments for health development
expand partnerships for health promotion
increase community capacity and empower individual
secure an infrastructure for health promotion
What are the three core functions of public health
assessment
policy development
assurance
What are the 6 public health goals
prevent epidemics protect against environmental hazards prevent injury promote healthy behavior respond to disasters assure the quality of health services
Becoming conscious about an action, idea, object, person or situation
awareness
Collection of facts related to an action, idea, object, person or situation
Information
Facts and insights
knowledge
Seven categories of psychomotor skills
perception Set guided response mechanism complex overt response adaption origination
The ability to use sensory cues to guide motor activity
Perception
The readiness to act
Set
Early stages in learning a complex skill, which includes imitation trial and error
Guided response
Learned responses have become habitual and the movements can be performed with some confidence and proficiency
Mechanism
Performance without hesitation
Complex overt response
Skills are well developed and the individual can modify movement patterns to fit special requirements
Adaptation
The person creates new movement patterns to fit a particular situation
Origination
Competence in understanding and using printed language, spoken language, numerals, and basic mathematical symbols or terms, which is involved in a wide range of cognitive, behavioral and social skills
Fundamental literacy/numeracy
Understanding the basic scientific and technological concepts, technological complexity, and the phenomenon of scientific uncertainty
Literacy pertaining to science and technology
Understanding about sources of information, agendas, and methods of interpreting those agendas, It enables people to engage in dialogue and decision making, Includes media interpretation skills and understanding civic functions
Community/Civic Literacy
Understanding collective beliefs, customs and social identity relationships to interpret and produce health info
Cultural literacy
Persuading community members to attend or participate in any activity planned by the health educator
Community mobilization
A process through which people gain greater control over decisions and action affecting their health
Community empowerment
What is the primary interest of health promotion
Predicting or explaining changes in behaviors or environments
How do theories derived from behavioral or social science help the practice of health ed?
Helps develop program objectives that are measurable
Help identify method to use in health ed or promotion
Helps decide timing of intervention
Helps choose right mix of strategies
Aids communication between professionals
Helps in replication of program
Helps design more efficient and productive programs
What are the goals of Health Promo
increase peoples awareness and actions Community interventions Endorses mandatory change Enables peoples toward positive change Social science approach
What are the pillars of Health ed
facilitating voluntary change
giving information
supporting people’s health behaviors
behavioral science approach
What do intentional activities do?
Promote health
Protect Health
Maintain health
How do we impact health behavior?
Theory, research, practice