WK 2 - Behavioural Change Flashcards
What is multi-morbidity?
Multiple illnesses
The more condition you have the more knock on effects
Significant health inequalities are likely to persist in what type of group?
Deprived populations
Have higher rates of disease, and more than one disease
What could anti-microbial resistant bacteria do?
Undermine the effectiveness of some medicines
What offers the
greatest opportunity to reduce the burden of chronic disease?
A change in population lifestyles
On average Having four of these behaviours (multi morbidity) reduces life expectancy by…
14 years
Give an example of a health behaviour
Eating 5 a day
Keeping active
Give an example of a illness behaviour
Having back pain and trying to seek a suitable remedy - seeking going to see the doctor, google etc
Give an example of a sick role behaviour
Going to see a nutritionist - Consider themselves ill in order to get well
What is an example of a health impairing act? (Health Pathogens)
Smoking
Eating too much sugar
What is an example of a health protective act? (Health Immunogens)
Attending a health clinic
What is the Health Locus of Control?
Is it in my control or out of my control- controllability
If it in control they are more likely to do it (internal locus of control)
If it is seen out of control - less likely to do it. (external locus of control)
What are the steps to planning a model?
- Define the outcome
- Understand the context
- Build your intervention
- Test, learn, adapt
- Retest
What are the 5 points of the stages of change model?
Pre contemplation
Contemplation
Action
Maintenance
Relapse
What are social cognition models governed by?
Expectancies
Incentives
Social cognitions
What is a criticisms of the stage model?
Doesn’t always happen in this order
