Week 5 - Health Promotion Theories and Models Flashcards
Why do sociologists uses theories?
- To explain actions and behaviours of society as a whole (social theory)
Why do psychologists use theories?
- To explain and predict behaviours (behaviour theories)
Why to health promotion practitioners use theories?
- to understand, predict, and change behaviour (approaches to health promotion)
What is Glanz, et al., 2008 definition of a theory?
- set of interrelated concepts, definitions, and propositions that presents a systematic view of events or situations by specifying relations among variables in order to explain and predict the events of the situation
What is McKenzie et al., 2013 definition of a theory?
- Systematic arrangement fundamental principles that provide a basis for explaining certain happenings of life.
What is Green, 1994, explanation for the role of theory?
- Is to untangle and simplify for human comprehension the complexities of nature
What is Cottrell, 2015 explanation of the theory of health promotion?
- A general explanation of why people act, or do not act, to maintain and/or to promote the health of themselves, their families, organizations, and communities
What are theories made of?
- Concepts
What happens to a concept when it is developed in a theory?
- Becomes construct
What is the primary element of theories?
- Concepts
What is the operational form of a construct?
- A Variable
What is a model?
- They draw on a number of theories to help people understand a specific problem in a particular setting or context
When are people more likely to exercise?
Personal Belief
- if they feel confident in their ability to exercise
What is the concept of personal belief captured in?
the Self-efficacy construct
- In social cognition theory
How can the construct of ‘self-efficacy’ be measured?
- Asking people to rate thier confidence to complete certain exercise tasks
When would a health promotion specialist use a model?
- To plan and carry out the intervention
Why use a theory in health promotion?
- organize different forms of knowledge
- Create meaning from informatio
Describe theory-based health promotion?
- Indicate reasons of unhealthy behaviours
- Identify important information
- Conceptual framework for selecting constructs
- Insight into best intervention delivery
- Identifies measurements needed to understand impact
What 3 types of theories or models will we look at?
- Theories of behaviour change
- Ecological theories and models
- Theories and models of planned intervention and evaluation
When was the Health Belief Model developed? Who did it?
Irwin Rosenstock (1996)
What inspired the health belief model?
- Study of reasons people seek or decline x-ray exams for tuberculosis
Who expanded on the health belief model?
- Becker et al.
How did Becker et al. expand on the health belief model?
- To include compliance with medical directives, illness behaviours, preventative health and health screening
What constructs did the health belief model (1966) originally included?
- Perceived susceptibility
- Perceived Severity
- Perceived Barriers
- Perceived Cost