week 9 - sun protection, immunisation, screening Flashcards
Why is exercise such an important topic in health psychology?
- has a direct relationship to the indivisuals level of risk in developing chronic diseases
Generally what is the relationship between age and level of exercise?
as age increases the level of PA decreases
Out of indigenous and non-indigenous children aged between 5-11 yrs and 12-17 yrs, who are more likely to engage in PA? And why?
- both age groups, indigenous children are more likley to engage in PA
- non-indigenous 5-11yrs: 29.2%
- non-indigenous 12-17yrs 8.5%
- indigenous 5-11yrs: 59.5%
- indigenous 12-17yrs: 34.8%
- Indigenous more likely to live in rural/remote areas -> growing up PA is how they entertain themselves
Generally why are the older aged children less engaged in PA than younger children?
- Older children more dependant
* Younger children didn’t have much of a choice -> told by higher authority (parents) to exercise
What socio-culhral factors influence exercise?
- Sedentary lifestyles
- More desk jobs in peoples work
- Leisure - passive sedentary activities - watching TV
How does environment influence lvl of PA? Is it more or less influential than socio and personal factors?
- Modern environments - modern environments can be passivogenic
- PA greater in cities that influence/promote PA - including parks, walkways, cycle ways etc..
- Not as influential as sociol and personal factors
How do personal beliefs influence individuals level of exercise?
- Ppl with high self-efficacy for ability to perform and maintain PA -> more likely to do exercise
- Perceived susceptibility of illness -> more PA
- Low perceived barriers -> too tired, too busy
- Enjoyment of exercise ->
What are some population based exercise programs to promote exercise?
- media campaigns
- 10,000 step program
- building environments that promote PA - walkways, bikeways, public transport, parks, buildings that include stairs
Give an example of a population based exercise program
- stair cased messaging
- messages on the benefits of taking the stairs is written on the actual stairs
- messages include (climbing stairs burns more calories than tennis, etc)
What is a problem with the population based exercise program above?
- Subject to desensitisation
- People will see the message over and over again
- The message eventually becomes ineffective
What is a population based exercise intervention program that has been done in Queensland?
- 10,000 step program
Why is screening important?
- Screening is important as there are many health issues in AUS
- Allows us to have increased knowledge about risk factors
How much is screening utilised by cerivical cancer, breast cancer and colorectal cancer patients?
- 57% cervical cancer
- 54% breast cancer
- 30.4% colorectal cancer
What is the relationship between SES and screening? Give some reasons as to why this is so.
- Lower SES people LESS likely to participate in screening programs
- Due to other stressors in their life - social stressors, money problems
- This results screening being perceived as not so important
- Education -> Low health literacy
- More subject to fatalistic beliefs
How do interpersonal factors including - gender of doctor and doctors recommendations influence decision of screening?
- Females more likely to screen if doctor is also female
- Patients more likely to screen if their doctors recommend it
- Several studies show doctors recommendation is one of the most important factors
