GPT LUPALS HCS Flashcards
(20 cards)
What does the Health Belief Model explain?
Health behaviours based on perceived threats, benefits, barriers, and cues to action.
What is the Transtheoretical Model of Change?
A model outlining stages from precontemplation to maintenance for behaviour change.
What is biographical disruption?
The impact of chronic illness on a person’s identity and daily life.
What are common barriers migrants face in accessing healthcare?
Language, socioeconomic factors, legal status, and discrimination.
How does stigma affect mental health?
It can lead to internalised shame, low self-esteem, and reduced help-seeking.
What is meant by hegemonic masculinity?
Social norms that uphold dominant male roles and discourage health-seeking behaviours.
What does ethnomethodology study?
How people use everyday conversation to make sense of their world.
What is the Common Sense Model of illness representation?
Patients form beliefs about illness identity, causes, timeline, consequences, and control.
What does the Theory of Planned Behaviour assume?
Intentions, influenced by attitudes, norms, and control, determine behaviour.
What role does emotion regulation play in eating behaviour?
Poor regulation may contribute to disordered eating patterns.
What is surveillance medicine?
Monitoring at-risk but asymptomatic individuals for early signs of disease.
What is structural violence in health?
Institutional inequalities that harm health, especially of marginalised groups.
Why is qualitative research important in healthcare?
It captures patient experiences, social context, and subjective perspectives.
What are illness narratives?
Personal stories patients construct to make sense of their health condition.
What role do families play in health behaviour?
They shape health beliefs, routines, and decisions.
What is the impact of age-related stereotypes in healthcare?
They can lead to underdiagnosis or inappropriate treatment of older adults.
What is narrative medicine?
A clinical practice that values patient stories in diagnosis and care planning.
What is the psychosocial model of health?
An approach integrating biological, psychological, and social factors.
What is lay epidemiology?
The public’s own theories about health, illness, and risk based on experience.
What is symbolic interactionism?
A theory that examines how people create meaning through interaction.
