Use of health services

Question 1

Describe the major factors that have been implicated in utilisation of health services

Answer 1

• treatment success
• degree of procedure used (invasive/noninvasive)
• survival

Question 2

Factors effecting the utilisation of health services

Answer 2

differences in symptom perception
prior experience, lay referral
individual health beliefs and ideas held (HBM)
cost-benefit evaluation of seeking medical attention
social and emotional factors
quality fo relationship with doctor

Question 3

Identify the various types of health service user

Answer 3

age
gender
chronic regular user
acute irregular user

Question 4

Describe the 3 stages that typically occur in treatment delay

Answer 4

1. appraisal delay
   the time a person takes to interpret their symptom as an indication of illness
2. Illness delay
   the time between recognising one is ill and deciding to seek medical attention
3. utilisation delay
   the time after deciding to seek medical care until actually going in to use that medical service

Question 5

models formed which affect our health related behaviour can be used to

Answer 5

acquire meaning
predict
control

Question 6

What is the health belief model

Answer 6

practise of health related behaviours
decision making process
cognitive model based on rational information processing individual thoughts
defines behaviour as a result of beliefs that have become refined over time

Question 7

What are the six steps involved in the health belief model

Answer 7

perceived susceptibility 
perceived severity 
cost of carrying the behaviour 
benefit of the behaviour 
cues to action 
self-efficacy (unhealthy behaviours)

Question 8

social factors influencing use of health services

Answer 8

sex-role stereotypes
environmental factors and access
family income
sanctioning - social trigger