Health Behaviour Flashcards
(20 cards)
What is health behviour?
An activity to maintain/improve health
What is well behaviour?
Maintaining/improving current health & avoid illness
What is symptom-based behaviour?
An activity undertaken by people who feel ill to determine the problem (taking paracetemol for a headache)
What is sick-role behaviour?
An activity undertaken by people after they know what is wrong with them and want to get better. (taking antibiotics for a specific bacterial infection)
What section are conditioning, modelling, habit & observation in, in terms of determinants of health-related behaviour?
Learning
Percieved symptoms & cognitive factors are part of which section of determinants?
Perception & cognition
Which model explains why people do and do not practice certain behaviours?
Health Belief model
Health belief model: The likelihood of performing some health behaviour depends on what 2 outcomes of assessment?
1) Percieved threats
2) Pros & cons of taking action
What is a percived threat?
The degree to which you feel threatened by the situation
What are the 2 models of behaviour change?
1) Health action model
2) Stages of change/transtheoretical model
Which model has an emphasis on the importance of self-esteem?
Health action model
What determinants are identified in the health action model?
- Psychological
- Social
- Environmental
Which model integrates role of personality and choices?
Stages of change model
In terms of the stages of change model, what does the ‘revolving door’ mean?
having to go round the cycle more than once until there is a permanent change
What are the 7 steps in the stages of change model?
- Pre-contemplation
- Contemplation
- Commitment (preparation)
- Action
- Maintenance
- Relapse
- Exit
At what stage of the stages of change model does the person have no motivation or sees no need to change their lifestyle?
Pre-contemplation stage
At what point does a person enter the contemplation stage?
Have motivation to change habits
At point in the stages of change cycle does the person make a commitment?
When they are serious about making a change
When does a person struggle and experiments with different coping strategies in the stages of change model?
Maintenance
When does a person exit the stages of change cycle?
When they are settled into their changed behaviour
