Week 10 Flashcards
What are 3 tactics for changing health behavior? Give examples of each
1) Substitute one behavior with a similar one, usually requires education
-Ex: Tylenol for ASA to prevent Reye’s syndrome
2) Encourage with incentives.
-Ex: greater insurance coverage for mammography
3) Most difficult behaviors to change = behaviors with physiological or addictive components
-Ex: obesity, cigarette smoking.
5 stages of the Transtheoretical Model/Stages of Change Model; describe the first 3 parts:
1) Precontemplation
2) Contemplation
3) Preparation
1) Individual has not yet considered changing their behavior; efforts to encourage change not likely to be successful
2) Benefits and barriers to change info helpful
-Information on short, immediate, and long term gains is useful at this stage
3) Preparation: Developing a plan of action
-May be especially receptive to setting goals, considering options, and developing a timetable
5 stages of the Transtheoretical Model/Stages of Change Model; describe:
4) Action
5) Maintenance
4) Action: When the change in behavior takes place
-This is the stage when outside support is needed to support and reinforce the change and any setbacks that may occur
5) Maintenance: The new behavior becomes part of the individual’s lifestyle
Social Marketing:
What is it? Give an example
Similar to product marketing, using health issues and targeting specific populations.
-Ex. VERB campaign, national youth anti-drug campaign
List and define the 4 P principles of social marketing
Product: the behavior or innovation that is being marketed
Price: the benefits, barriers and financial costs
Place: target audience and how to reach it
Promotion: campaign or program to reach the target audience/s
1) What 3 things did the International Sanitary Convention of 1892 discuss?
2) What 3 things did Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) discuss?
1) Cholera, plague, and yellow fever
2) Influenza, Ebola, and COVID
World Health Organization (WHO) established in 1948 did what?
Saw to the eradication of smallpox
[US no longer a member as of Jan 2025]
List 5 key elements of the pandemic preparedness planning cycle
1) Strategic planning
2) Operational planning
3) Exercises, reviews
4) Implementation
5) Evaluation
