Use Of Health Services Flashcards
Why is seeking early diagnosis of some illnesses important?
Treatment success
Degree of procedure used
Survival
What factors affect utilisation of health services?
Symptom perception
Prior experiences
Individual beliefs
Social + economic factors
Doctor-patient relationship
What factors affect symptom perception?
Features of symptoms
Individual differences
Competing with environmental stimuli
Psychosocial influences
Socioeconomic-cultural differences
WHat are some features of symptoms?
Intensity/severity
Familiarity
Duration + frequency
What individual differences are there in symptom perception?
How quickly physical experience noticed
Number/intensity of sensations experienced
Amount of attention paid to internal states
How may patients interpret and respond to their symptoms?
Prior experiences
Experience based knowledge
‘Lay referral’
Direct experience/knowledge
What’s the health belief model?
Applied to people’s practice of health related behaviours
Symptoms initiate decision-making process about seeking medical care
What type of model is health belief model?
Cognitive model
What does the health belief model define?
Defines behaviour as a result of beliefs that have become refined over time
What’s included in health belief model?
Perceived susceptibility + severity
Costs and benefits of behaviour
Cues to action
Self-efficacy
What behaviour is demonstrated when a patient goes for a check-up?
Primary prevention behaviour
What behaviour is demonstrated when a patient goes to a doctor when sick?
Symptom-based behaviour in secondary prevention
What behaviour is demonstrated when a patient goes to a rehabilitation program?
Sick-role behaviour in tertiary prevention
What social factors influence use of health services?
Sex-role stereotypes
Environmental factors and access
Family income
Sanctioning
What’s treatment delay?
Time that elapses between 1st perception of symptom and when person enters medical care
