M3: Choices for Change: A Healthy Decision

Question 1

who said that “habit is habit, not to be flung out the window by anyone, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.”

Answer 1

Mark Twain

Question 2

who said: “Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily express our character,”

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Stephen Covey

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who said that “Excellence is an art won by training and habituation.”

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ARISTOTLE

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DECIDE MODEL

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Decide in advance what the problem is
Explore the alternatives
Consider the consequences
Identify your values
Decide and take action
Evaluate the consequences

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HELP

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Healthful
Ethical
Legal
Parent Approval

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are OBSERVABLE and ACTIVE INTERVENTION components aiming to regulate behavior

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BEHAVIOR CHANGE TECHNIQUES

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developing new behaviors is SMALL GRADUAL STEPS

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SHAPING

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practicing through MENTAL IMAGERY to produce better performance of an event in actual setting

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IMAGINED REHEARSAL

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learning specific behaviors by CAREFUL OBSERVATION of other’s action

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MODELING

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attempt to influence a behavior by using situations and occasions that are structured to EXERT CONTROL over that behavior

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SITUATIONAL INDUCEMENT

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presenting SOMETHING POSITIVE AS A REWARD for behaviors reinforced

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POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT

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THINKING AND TALKING TO YOURSELF through these cognitive procedures - rational-emotive therapy; stress inoculation (Meichenbaum’s Self-instructional methods); blocking/thought stopping

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CHANGING SELF-TALK

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What makes every person unique?

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COMPLEXITY OF YOUR VERY PERSONALITY

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is believed to be a MAJOR DETERMINANT of good health

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INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR

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the SUM of the positive and negative
INFLUENCES on a person’s health and wellbeing

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HEALTH STATUS

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Factors Influencing Behavior Change Decisions

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PREDISPOSING FACTORS
ENABLING FACTORS
REINFORCING FACTORS

Question 17

Life experiences, knowledge,
attitudes, cultural and ethnic inheritance, and current beliefs and values, personal preferences, existing skills,
and self-efficacy are all predisposing factors. Factors
that may predispose us to certain conditions include our age, sex, race, income, family background, educational
background and access to health care.

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PREDISPOSING FACTORS

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Skills or abilities; physical, emotional and mental capabilities; and resources and accessible facilities that make health decisions more convenient or difficult are enabling factors. Positive
enablers encourage you to carry through on your intentions. Negative enablers work against your intentions to change

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ENABLING FACTORS

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Factors that reward or reinforce the desired behavior change include social support, economic rewards and changing social norms.

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REINFORCING FACTORS

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an APPRAISAL of the relationship between some object, action, or idea and some attribute of that object,
action or idea.

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BELIEF

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a RELATIVELY STABLE SET OF BELIEFS, feelings and
behavior tendencies in relating to something or someone.

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ATTITUDE

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a judgment made on the ‘ATTITUDE OBJECT’ (a person, place, task, event, skill, etc.).

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ATTITUDE

Question 22

Attitudes have been described as _____ that represent a person’s LIKE OR DISLIKE FOR ANYTHING

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HYPOTHETICAL CONSTRUCTS

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these can range from positve, negative or neutral

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JUDGEMENTS

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arise out of CORE VALUES AND BELIEFS we hold internally

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ATTITUDES

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are ASSUMPTIONS AND CONVICTIONS we hold to be true based on past experiences.

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BELIEFS

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are WORTHY IDEAS based on things, concepts and people

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VALUES

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are how these INTERNALIZED SYSTEMS (attitudes, beliefs and values) are expressed.

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BEHAVIORS

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defined as those PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES such as beliefs, expectations, motives, values, perceptions and other cognitive elements; personality characteristics, including affective and emotional states and traits; and overt behavior patterns, actions and habits that relate to health maintenance, to health restoration, and health improvement (Gochman, 1982).

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HEALTH BEHAVIOR

Question 29

A HEALTHY INDIVIDUAL engages in ______ when he or she engages in any activity for the purpose of PREVENTING OR DETECTING ILLNESS in an asymptomatic state

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PREVENTIVE HEALTH BEHAVIOR

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An ILL INDIVIDUAL engages in _______ when he or she engages in activity to first define the state of health and then to DISCOVER A SUITABLE REMEDY.

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ILLNESS BEHAVIOR

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Ill individuals also engage in _____ when they engage in activities for thePURPOSE OF GETTING WELL.

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SICK-ROLE BEHAVIOR

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affect health relate to starvation, lack of access to water, inadequate food intake, exposure to infectious diseases, intoxication from an unhealthy environment, and smoking, inadequate treatment by health services, accidents and violence.

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IMMEDIATE FACTORS

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lack of food security, lack of safe water, unsafe working conditions and the way the health services are organized in terms of their accessibility, adequacy and quality.

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BASIC FACTORS

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those MAJOR CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES such as the following: the shape of the economy, environment, and agriculture, and employment, fairness of wages, human rights, gender issues, and education.

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UNDERLYING CAUSES

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the degree to which individuals have the capacity to OBTAIN, PROCESS, AND UNDERSTAND basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions.

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HEALTH LITERACY

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requires a complex group of reading, listening, analytical, and decision-making skills, and the ability to apply these skills to health situations.

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HEALTH LITERACY

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a MAJOR DETERMINANT OF GOOD HEALTH, but heredity, access to health care, and the environment can also influence health status.

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INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR

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HEALTH BELIEF MODEL

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I. ROSENSTOCK

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are the SETTING EVENTS FOR A BEHAVIOR; they cue or stimulate a person to act in certain ways.

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ANTECEDENTS

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the RESULTS OF BEHAVIOR – affect whether a person will repeat a behavior.

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CONSEQUENCES