Bbh 101 Exam 2

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Health Behaviors

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are behaviors that people engage in to improve or maintain health.

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6 health risks behaviors that the Youth risk behavior surveillance project fount that put people at risk for premature death, disability, and chronic illness

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1. smocking or other forms of tobacco.
2. eating high fat and low fiber foods
3. not engaging in enough physical activity
4. abusing alcohol or other drugs
5. not using proven medical methods for preventing diagnose disease early.
6. engaging in violent behavior or behavior that may cause unintentional injuries.

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The Health Belief Model
four factors

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1. Perceived Susceptibility
2. Perceived Severity of the health threat
3. Perceived benefits and barriers of treatment
4. cues to action

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1. Perceived susceptibility

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people that constantly worry about their health or their vulnerability to health threats.

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1. Invincibility fable

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Those that have a false sense of invulnerability to the threats of disease. Young people are like this.

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2. Perceived Severity of the health threat

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among the factors considered are wether pain, disability or death may result as well as whether the condition will have an impact on the family.

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3. Perceived benefits and barriers of treatment

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whether or not for a specific person if the benefits are worth changing the behavior. or how unpleasant it is to change it.

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4. cues to action

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advice from a friend or medial health campaigns will influence the likely hood of someone to act.

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Theory of Planned Behavior

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Specifies relationships amond attitudes and behavior
1. attitude towards the behavior
2. subjective norm
3. Perceived behavioral control

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Behavioral intentions

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the decision to engage or refrain from engaging in the health related behavior.

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Subjective norm

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"Everyone is doing it"

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Behavioral Willingness

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our motivation at a given moment to engage in a risky behavior.

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Transtheoretical model (Stages of Change Model )

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1. Pre contemplation
2. Contemplation
3. Preparation
4. Action
5. Maintenance

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Primary Prevention

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health promoting actions that are taken to prevent disease or injury

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Secondary Prevention

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Incolces actions taken to identify and treat an illness early in its coarse.

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Tertiary Prevention

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involves actions taken to contain or retard damage once a disease has progressed beyond its early stages.

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Health Education

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refers to any planned intervention involving communication that promotes the learning of healthier behavior.

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Gain Framed messages

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focus on the positive from adopting a health promoting behavior.

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Loss-framed message

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emphasizes the negative outcome from failing to take preventive action.

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Positive psychology

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to promote a strength based preventive approach to research and interventions rather than psychology's more traditional approach of attacking problems after they have occurred.

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Obesity

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One of the top ten health problems in the world

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Basal metabolic Rate BMR

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the number of calories your body needs to maintain bodily functions while at rest. This is hard to calculate because it has many variables like age, gender, current weight and activity level.

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Set point hypothesis

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The Idea that each of us has a body weight thermostat that continuously adjusts to out metabolism and eating to maintain our weight within a genetically predetermined range or set point

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Leptin

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The weight signaling hormone monitored by the hypothalamus as an index of body fat

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adipocytes

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collapsible body cells that store fat

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body mass index BMI

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a measure of obesity calculated by dividing body weight by the square of a person's height

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Male pattern obesity

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the apple shaped body of men who carry excess weight around their upper body and abdomen

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Female patter obesity

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the pear shaped body of women who carry excess weight on their thighs and hips

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Overweight

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body weight that exceeds the desirable weight for a person of a given height, age, and body shape

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Weight Cycling

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repeated weight gains and losses through repeated dieting

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Food Deserts

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geographical areas with little or no access to foods needed to maintain a healthy diet

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Anorexia Nervosa

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an eating disorder characterized by self starvation and distorted body image and in females amenorrhea

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Bulimia Nervosa

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an eating disorder characterized by alternating cycles of binge eating and purging through such techniques as vomiting or laxative abuse.

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Binge Eating Disorder

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an eating disorder in which a person frequently consumes unusually large amounts of food

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Family therapy

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a type of psychotherapy in which individuals within a family learn healthier ways to interact with each other and resolve conflicts

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calorie

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a measure of food energy equivalent to the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water 1 degree celsius

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Drug Abuse

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the use of a drug to the extent that it impairs the user's biological psychological or social well being

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Blood brain barrier

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the network of tightly packed capillary cells that separates the blood and the brain

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teratogens

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drugs chemicals and environmental agents that can damage the developing person during fetal development

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agonist

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a drug that attaches to a receptor and produces neutral actions that mimic or enhance those of naturally occurring neurotransmitter

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antagonist

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a drug that blocks the action of a naturally occurring neurotransmitter or agonist

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drug addiction

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a pattern of behavior characterized by physical as well as possible psychological dependence on a drug as well as the development of tolerance

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dependance

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a state in which in which the use of a drug is required for a person to function normally

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withdrawal

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the unpleasant physical and psychological symptoms that occur when a person abruptly ceases using certain drugs

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drug use

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the ingestion of a drug regardless of the amount or effect of ingestion

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psychoactive drugs

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drugs that affect mood, behavior and thought processes by altering the functioning of neurons in the brain; they include stimulants, depressants and hallucinogens

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drug potentiation

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the effect of one drug to increase the effects of another

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concordance rate

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the rate of agreement between a pair of twins for a given trait ; a pair of twins is concordant for the trait if both of them have it or if neither of them has it.

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gateway drug

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a drug that serves as stepping stone to the use of other, usually more dangerous drug.

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blood alcohol level

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the amount of alcohol in the blood. measured in grams per 100 milliliters

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korsakoffs syndrome

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an alcohol induced neurological disorder characterized by the inability to store new memories

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fetal alcohol syndrome

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a cluster of birth defects that include facial abnormalities, low intelligence and retarded body growth caused by the mothers's use of alcohol during pregnancy

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behavioral disinhibition

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the false sense of confidence and freedom from social restraints that results from alcohol consumption

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alcohol myopia

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the tendency of alcohol to increase a person's concentration on immediate events and to reduce awareness of distant events

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alcohol dependance

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a state in which the use of alcohol is required for a person to function normally

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delirium tremens

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a neurological state induced by excessive prolonged use of alcohol and characterized by sweating, trembling, anxiety, and hallucinations; a symptom of alcohol withdrawal

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alcohol abuse

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a maladaptive drinking pattern in which drinking interferes with role obligations

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behavioral under control

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a general personality syndrome linked to alcohol dependence and characterized by aggressiveness, unconventionality, and impulsiveness; also called deviance proneness

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negative emotionality

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a state of alcohol abuse characterized by depression and anxiety

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tension reduction hypothesis

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an explanation of drinking behavior that proposes that alcohol is reinforcing because it reduces stress and tension

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alcohol expectancies

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individuals beliefs about the effects of alcohol consumption on behavior- their own as well as that of other people

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aversion therapy

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a behavioral therapy that pairs an unpleasant stimulus with an undesirable behavior causing the patient to avoid the behavior

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satiation

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a form of aversion therapy in which a smoker is forced to increase his or her smoking until an unpleasant state of fullness is reached

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nicotine titration model

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the theory that smokers who are physically dependent on nicotine regulate their smoking to maintain a steady level of the drug in their bodies.