Week 1

Question 1

What are three predictors of health and illness?

Answer 1

1) Health behaviours (physical activity, nutrition, sleep etc.)
2) Stress/ emotions
3) Social relations (support, conflict)

Question 2

What can be three adverse effects of promoting a healthy life style

Answer 2

1) Intervention generates inequalities
2) Hardening (lose trust in governments/ institutions)
3) Stigmatizing (people who can’t engage in healthy behaviour)

Question 3

What are the four determinants of health according to the Lalonde’s health field concept

Answer 3

Health has four determinants
1) Human biology
2) Environment
3) Health care organisation
4) Life style

Question 4

Explain the health belief model

Answer 4

Predicts a person’s decision about health-related behaviour (often preventive behaviour).

Cost and benefits of engaging are being analysed using 5 factors:
1) Perceived susceptibility
2) Perceived severity
3) Perceived benefits
4) Perceived barriers
5) Cues to action

Question 5

Explain the social cognitive theory (bandura) and on which three things does the interaction depends

Answer 5

1) Person -> behaviour -> outcome
2) Depending on self efficacy expectation, outcome expectation and behavioural procesess

Question 6

Explain the theory of planned behaviour
Health behaviour depends on beliefs in:

Answer 6

1) Attitude (feeling toward something)
2) Subjective norm (normative beliefs & motivation to compley)
3) Perceived behavioural control (self efficacy, control beliefs & power of control)

Question 7

According to the self-determination theory from which three things is motivation coming?

Answer 7

Motivation comes from relatedness, competence and autonomy