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Until the late 1970s and early 80s, health
educators and programmers focused primarily what
knowledge, attitude, motivations of individual
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The ecological model assumes that individuals’
behaviors is influenced by 5 factors, know those factors
individual, social, socioeconomic and structural, political, environmental
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The individual factors of the ecological model include
awareness and knowledge, biophysical, personal attitudes and motivations, developmental stage, behavior/habits socialization
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You have just been hired to reduce the childhood obesity problem in the Valley school district.
How might you apply the factors of the ecological model to address the
above issue?
i would assess the factors and environments that influence the children to not eat unhealthy and then find ways to create new factors and better their environments that influence the children eat better
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Theories are tools that explain _____________
behavior
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behaviorist psychology
behavior is said to be learned or conditioned through the action of stimulus-response mechanisms.
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cognitive psychology
focuses on the thinking process itself as the source of behaviors
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humanistic psychology
philosophical tradition that emphasizes individual agency, the capacity of people to make choices and determine their future
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social psychology
concerned about how individuals and their mental processes interact with their social surroundings
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cultural anthropology
- addresses both global and domestic themes.
- interested more in the role of culture in human behavior,in the ways in which life patterns are organized
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Of all the fields of study which has the biggest
influences on the health behavior theories:
psychology
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The Health Belief Model is known as the
______________
value expectancy theory
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Know the key constructs of the Health Belief Model
- perceived susceptibility= are you at risk for a health problem
- perceived severity= believe that the consequences of the health problems are severe
- perceived benefit= possible positive outcomes from behaviors change
- perceived barriers= the possible negative outcomes from doing behavior change
- cue to action= external event that motivates you to make the behaviors change happen
- self-efficacy= do you believe in yourself and that you can do it
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Critique(s) of the Health Belief Model
focuses on individual decisions not social or environmental decisions
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Know the constructs of the Theory of Reasoned
Action
attitude toward behavior, subjective norm= influence behavior intentions that influence behavior
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Know the constructs of the Theory of Planned
Behavior.
control, beliefs, perceived power
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Know the Transtheoretical Model(AKA Stages of Change)
- percomtemplation= unaware of issue
- comtemplation=deciding about acting
- preparation=deciding to/not to act
- action= acting
- maintance= maintainng
- termination= no more need to maintain it is apart of a daily habit
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Name on the major critiques of the
Transtheoretical Model(AKA Stages of Change).
some do not believe in termination, not everyone moves from stage to stage some people move in a circular motion
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Know the PAPM model know the stages
- unaware of issue
- unengaged by issue
- deciding about acting
- deciding not to act
- deciding to act
- acting
- maintenance
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What are the most difficult stages
stages 1 or 4 (unaware of issue or deciding not to act)
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