Lecture 1: Internal/Psychological Influences on Health

Question 1

Give some influences on health:

Answer 1

• Individual lifestyle factors (smoking, diet, exercise, alcohol consumption, illicit drug use)
• Social and community networks (influences)
• Structural factors (housing, healthcare services, unemployment, education, work environment, water and sanitation and agriculture and food production)

Question 2

Was physical disability more associated with psychological factors or a medical diagnosis?
(Omrel , et al., 1994)

Answer 2

Psychological factors

Question 3

In what two ways can psychological factors affect your physical health?

Answer 3

• It can directly affect your physical health

- It can affect your health behaviour before affecting your physical health