Exam 2 Flashcards
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Health promotion
- idea good health or wellness is personal and collective achievement
- developing program of good health habits (individuals)
- development of interventions (psychologist)
- emphasis of good health to help people maintain healthy lifestyles and ensure availability of resources (policymakers)
health behaviours
used to enhance and maintain health
health habit
behaviour firmly established and usually performed without awareness
6 healthy habits
- sleep 7-8 hours
- no smoking
- no more than 2 drinks a day
- regular exercise
- not eating between meals
- no more than 10% overweight
primary prevention
- taking measures to combat risk factors for illness before chance to develop
- behaviour change and prevent development of poor health habits
role of behavioural factors in disease and disorder
- patterns changed
- today fewer die of acute diseases
- preventable diseases increased
risk factors for leading causes of death in Canada
HEART DISEASE: hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes, overweight, excessive alcohol, smoking, stress
CANCER: smoking, unhealthy diet, inactivity, excessive alcohol, UV light, environmental factors
STROKE: hypertension, high cholesterol, heart disease, overweight, alcoholism, smoking, stress, inactivity
ACCIDENTAL: no seatbelt, intoxicated driving, no safety gear
CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE: smoking, air pollution, inactivity
successful modification of health behaviours can…
- reduce deaths due to lifestyle-related illness
- delay time of death
- expand years of life free from chronic disease complications
- decrease health expenditures required
factors influencing practice of health behaviours
- socioeconomic
- age
- gender
- values
- personal control
- social influence
- personal goals
- perceived symptoms
- access to health care
- supportive environment
- cognitive factors
barriers to modifying poor health behaviour
- not knowing when to intervene
- instability of health habits: controlled by different factors, may change over history of behaviour, maintained by different factors
socialization
influence of parents as role models, as move into adolescence ignore early training from parents
teachable moments
educational opportunities, certain times better than others
window of vulnerability
middle school, psychosocial vulnerability for heightened risk
benefits of focusing on at risk people
- prevent or eliminate poor habits
-effective use of health promotion dollars - easy to identify other risk factors
problems with focusing on at risk people
- dont always perceive correctly
- can lead people into hyper vigilant and restrictive behaviour
- become defensive and minimize significance of risk factor
- avoid changing behaviour
ethical issues for interventions with at risk people
- when is it appropriate time
- some react defensive
- no successful
- emphasize risk can raise complicated issues of family dynamics
health promotion and the elderly
- maintain healthy diet
- develop regular exercise
- take steps to reduce accidents
- control alcohol consumption
- eliminate smoking
- reduce inappropriate use of drugs
- vaccinate against flu
theory of planned behaviour
- suggests health behaviour is direct result of behavioural intention made of 3 components
- attitude toward action
- subjective norms regarding action
- perceived behavioural control
benefits of theory of planned behaviour
- links directly to behaviour
- provides fine grained picture of peoples intentions
- theory predicts many health behaviours
educational appeals to health behaviour
- vivid communications
- strong arguments at beginning and end
- short, direct messages
- should state conclusions explicitly
- caution with extreme messages
- include favourable and non favourable points
fear appeals
- elicit too much fear often backfire and trigger avoidance
- if fearful habit is hurting health, change behaviour to reduce fear
attitude change and health behaviours
- attitudinal approach not successful for explaining long term or spontaneous change
- communications can provoke irrational, defensive reactions
- thinking about disease may produce negative mood
- attitude change may not alter behaviour and maintain change
efforts to prevent illness
BEHAVIOURAL INFLUENCE: promote brushing teeth by providing info and demonstrating techniques
ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES: health officials might support putting fluoride to water supplies
PREVENTIVE MEDICAL EFFORTS: dental professionals can remove calculus from teeth and repair cavaties
primary prevention
- actions taken to avoid disease or injury
- habit to use seat belt, friend reminding to use them