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1
Q

What are some approaches to behaviour change in response to STI screening?

A
  • motivational interviewing: increasing motivation when people are not thinking of change
  • problem focused counselling: identifies causes of problems that prevent change
  • modelling and rehearsal of change: improving skills and self-efficacy to achieve change
2
Q

What are the stages of change?

A
  • pre-contemplation
  • contemplation
  • preparation
  • action
  • maintenance
    (look at smoking lecture from last semester)
3
Q

Describe the flow of change talk in motivational interviewing

A
  • create desire for change
  • check ability for change
  • think of reasons for change
  • state the need for change
  • establish a commitment
  • change
4
Q

What are some ethical issues with screening?

A

by screening people and telling them they are healthy you can disproportionately shift the health dependency onto health experts and technology and social determinants of health (belonging, competence, mastering and well-being) disappear

5
Q

What must health promotion follow in order to be ethically defensible?

A
  • it should alter the natural history of diseases

- must be approved by the patients

6
Q

What is the best method of health promotion?

A
  • decisional aid: working with the patient to together make a decision (rather than telling them)
  • give people information to make an informed choice
  • provide pros and cons
  • however effects of decisional aids are unknown and controversial