PSY2001 SEMESTER 2 - WEEK 7 Flashcards
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define health
a state of complete physical, mental, social wellbeing and not merely absence of disease or infirmity
give issues of health definitions
- people who has chronic health conditions can still manage good QoL due to advancement medicine, health is not binary state (but spectrums)
- WHO definitions out of date = ageing population, and ability manage chronic health condition
what should health definitions shift on
emphasis of health toward ability to adapt/self-manage in face of social, physical, emotional challenge
what was most common cause of death during 1900s
flu, TB, diarrhoea, accident, cancer, diptheria, heart disease
what is most common cause of death - 2006
cardiovascular 35%/34%
cancer 29%/26%
respiratory 13%/14%
accident 5%/3%
how much of premature death can be accounted by behavioural factor
smoking, diet, alcohol, exercise accounts 50% prem death
what is modern concept of health behaviour date back to
Doll & Hill, 1964 - smoking major precursor of premature mortality, with adverts promoting doctor smoke cigarrette
define health behaviour
any activity undertaken for purpose of preventing or detecting disease or for improving health/wellbeing
define positive protective health behaviour
activities that may help to prevent disease, detect, in a early stage, promote and enhance health or protect from risk of injury
define negative risky health behaviour
activities undertaken by people with a frequency of intensity that increases risk of disease or injury
from Belloc Alameda county baseline questionna (1965), what 7 baseline negative health beh predict mortality?
- lack of exercise
- snacking between meals
- smoking
- sleep (more than 8hrs, less than 7)
- skipping breakfast
- regularly drinking more than 5 units of alcohol
- over/underweight
from Belloc Alameda county baseline questionna (1965), what 7 features of healthy life?
- non-smoking
- moderate alcohol intake
- 7-8 hours per night sleep
- exercise regularly
- maintain a health body weight
- avoid high-calorie snacks
- eat breakfast regularly
what did Belloc, 1973 conclude regarding health behaviours and age-relationship
relationship so strong proposed people aged over 75 years who carried out all 7 behaviours had healths comparable to those age 35-44, who did less than 3
Khaw (2008): analysed data from EPIC Norfolk longitudinal study, 20,000ppt, what did this include+finding
- baseline no known cardiovasc dis, cancer
- followed up 14yr
- survival assoc with 4 health behaviour=
- not smoking
- being physically active
- drinking moderately eating 5 or more servings of fruit and veg a day
how are health behaviours typically measure
using categorical (do you smoke?)/contin (how many cigarett a day) measures of self-report
observational measure- CCTV
proxy measure
name types of proxy measure of health behaviour
step counters, pill counter+blood test
what are issues of proxy measure?
blood test depend on metabolic rate, step counters errors in measurement and can be falsified, pill counters rely on pill being taken out of bottle
in biopsychosocial approach state biology determinants of behaviour
gender, physical illness, disability, genetic vuln, immunity, neurochem, stress reaction, meds effect
in biopsychosocial approach state psychology determinants of behaviour
learning/mem
attitudes/belief
personality
beh
emot
coping skill
past trauma
in biopsychosocial approach state social context determinants of behaviour
social supports
family background
cultural traditions
SES
educ
biopsychosocial approach biology factor - outline twin studies ev of what heritable components can be related to
heritable component to smoking initiation, nicotine addiction as well as body weight and obesity
outline biopsychosocial approach biology factor - reinforcement
health beh cause dop release, reinforce beh
ability to carryout many health behaviours is affected by personal health (disabilities may impact ability to carry out physical activity)
- symptoms can act as cues to change or stop behaviour
outline biopsychosocial approach psychological factor - what 3 emotions can contribute to health behaviour
stress, fear, disgust
outline biopsychosocial approach psychological factor - explain how stress may impact health behaviours
smoking, drinking, overeating, exercise