Intro to Health Behavior Flashcards
Health behavior is defined as the ____ undertaken by people for the purpose of ____ or ____ their health, ____ health problems, or ____ a positive body image
activities; maintaining; enhancing; prevent; achieve
____ ____ ____ involves any activity undertaken by individuals who believe themselves to be healthy for the purpose of ____ or ____ illness in an aymptomatic state
Preventive health behavior; preventing; detecting
Health-____behavior can be defined as engaging in health behaviors for the ____ ____ of maintaining, restoring, protecting or improving health
directed; direct purpose
Health-____behavior is any action that is related to disease prevention, health maintenance, health improvement or health restoration whether voluntary or _____, whether for ____ health purposes or for other reasons
related; involuntary; explicit
____-____ behavior involves any activity undertaken by those who consider themselves to be ill for the purpose of getting well.
Sick-role
An ecology of behavior
Factors that shape and motivate health behavior for any given health issue
The behavioral ecology may include: Those close to the ____, those related to ____ groups, those related to community, ____, and ____, and political and SES structures
individual; social; society; cultures
How does social/cultural/group factors contribute to health behavior?
- lifestyle patterns
- cultural attitudes, beliefs, and practices (and implications for health)
- level of social support
- social influence via groups and social networks
How does SES and strucutral factors contribute to health behavior?
- Poverty
- Education
- Access to health care and prevention services/information
- Social stressors such as civil strife, neighborhood violence, racial and other discrimination
- Access to clean water
How does political factors contribute to health behavior?
- Policies and funding for health promotion programs
- Health insurance (policy, cost availability)
- Regulations that affects health risk (ex. minimum drinking age)
How does environmental factors contribute to health behavior?
- Presence of environmental risks (e.g. water/air pollution)
- disasters
- conditions for spread of infectious disease
- climate change
The major task of health promotion is to identify which ____ (at which a health promotion program could intervene) are most important for a given health problem, population, or situation
levels
Health and disease are determined by dynamic interactions among ____, ____, ____ and ____ factors
biological, psychological, behavioral, social
