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Emotional Wellness:
This dimension includes the ability to feel and express, or display emotions comfortably and effectively.
Environmental Wellness:
This dimension refers to an appreciation of our external environment and recognizes each person's individual role in preserving and improving environmental conditions.
Intellectual Wellness:
This dimension refers to abilities to learn and grow from experiences and intellectual capabilities, including decision-making.
Physical Wellness:
This dimension strives for positive lifestyle behaviors and taking personal responsibility for one's own health and care.
Social Wellness:
This dimension refers to the ability to have satisfying interpersonal relationships while respecting and appreciating individual differences.
Spiritual Wellness
This dimension refers to the ability to seek meaning and purpose in human existence. This is achieved through the development of a personal belief system and living a life that is consistent with those values and beliefs.
Health Promotion
priming individuals so receptive when chaotic environmental or intrapsychic events occur
• Not just knowledge; there’s an emotional component to it that you have to hit as well as the intelligence
• Target Audience - The idea of target population (being able to reach a population where they are at, instead of them visiting and having to reach out to you)
• Timing – how do you get populations at what time
• Topic
• Format of information
• Location of information
Universal prevention interventions
are those that target a general population.
Selected prevention interventions
are those that target individuals or groups that are at high risk for a particular health problem.
Indicated preventive interventions
are those targeting families, groups or individuals with multiple risk factors for a health problem
Self-Efficacy
Self-efficacy is one’s ability to combine their cognitive, social, and behavioral sub-skills to serve a number of purposes. It reflects one’s belief in their ability to overcome the difficulties in performing certain tasks in certain situations. It also affects the amount of effort one puts forth when trying something new and their persistence in situations where difficulties may arise.
Locus of Control
People view being able to achieve something as an outcome of two possibilities in relation to one’s self; it’s either a result of something internal, within their control, or of something external, outside their control. Reward, however, is controlled by forces other than one’s self.
Self-Control
ability to preserve and keep going (confidence and work ethic)
• Psychological muscle—becomes exhausted
• Spend time maintaining composure—school work
• “The more you use the self-control muscle the more tired it gets.”
• If controlling food—hard to control exercise also
• If completing school work—hard to control exercise also
Self-Respect
worthy of living life for your own sake and feeling that you have the right t be successful and happy
Health
State of complete physical, social and mental well-being; not just the absence of disease
Physical Health
(the functional operation and soundness of the body)
Emotional Health
(the ability to deal with feelings, to cope with stress, and to live independently)
Social Health
(the ability to interact with others)
Intellectual Health
(to question, to think and to learn from life's experiences)
Spiritual Health
(a commitment to a set of values and principles that guide our actions)
Determinants of Health:
• Genetic Predisposition = 30%
• Social Circumstances = 15%
• Environmental Exposure = 5%
• Healthcare = 10%
• Behavioral Patterns = 40%
Stages of Change Model
pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance
Pre-contemplation
Has no intention of taking action within the next 6 months
Contemplation:
Intends to take action in the next 6 months
Preparation
Intends to take action within the next 30 days and has taken some behavioral steps in this direction
Action
Has changed behavior for less than 6 months
Maintenance
Has changed behavior for more than six months
Health Belief Model
perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived barriers, cues to action, self-efficacy
Perceived Susceptibility
Beliefs about the chances of getting a condition
Perceived Severity
Beliefs about the effectiveness of taking action to reduce risk or seriousness
Perceived Barriers
Beliefs about the material and psychological costs of taking action
Cues to Action
Factors that activate “readiness to change”
Self-Efficacy
Confidence in one’s ability to take action
Theory of Planned Behavior
behavioral intention, attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control
Behavioral Intention
Perceived likelihood of performing behavior
Attitude
Personal evaluation of the behavior
Subjective Norm
beliefs about whether key people approve or disapprove of the behavior; motivation to behave in a way that gains their approval
Perceived Behavioral Control
Belief that one has, and can exercise, control over performing the behavior
Social Cognitive Theory
reciprocal determinism, behavioral capability, expectations, self-efficacy, observational learning, reinforcements
Reciprocal Determinism
The dynamic interaction of the person, behavior and the environment in which the behavior is performed
Behavioral Capability
Knowledge and skill to perform a given behavior
Expectations
Anticipated outcomes of a behavior
Self-Efficacy
Confidence in one’s ability to take action and overcome barriers
Observational Learning
Behavioral acquisition that occurs by watching the actions and outcomes of others’ behavior
Reinforcements
Responses to a person’s behavior that increase or decrease the likelihood of recurrence
___% of Americans drink at levels that exceed government recommendations
20
Alcohol consumption is linked to
high blood pressure, stroke, cirrhosis of the liver, fetal alcohol syndrome, and some cancers
___-____% of college students are heavy drinkers
____% engage in occasional binge drinking
15,25; 45
Different symptoms of alcohol poisoning, effects of prolonged alcohol use
• Confusion
• Vomiting
• Slow or irregular breathing
• Blue-tinged skin, or pale skin
• Low body temperature (hypothermia)
• Unconsciousness (passing out), and can’t be roused
Hard-Core Alcoholics
• Detoxification
• Short-term, inpatient therapy
• Continuing outpatient treatment
Successful interventions:
• Encourage students to gain self-control over drinking rather than eliminating alcohol
• Self-monitoring often reduces drinking
• Self-help groups are most commonly sought source of help
• Especially AA (Alcoholics Anonymous)
Deeply entrenched behavior that may be influenced by
• Addiction that makes it difficult to stop
• Mood, since it elevates mood
• Weight control, it keeps body weight down
But more than____ million Americans have successfully quit
Those who quit on their own have good...
45; self-control skills, self-confidence in their ability to stop, and a belief that the benefits to quitting are substantial
harder to stop smoking than
heroin addiction and alcoholism
Stage 1
Theta waves, lightest stage of sleep
Stage 2
• Sleep spindles, large K-complex waves
• Body temperature drops, breathing and HR even out
Stages 3 and 4
Deep sleep, Delta waves, blood pressure falls, strengthening immune system
REM sleep
Beta waves, vivid dreams, consolidating memories
Sleep Apnea
• Quality of sleep compromises health
• Apnea
• Air pipe blockage leads the sleeper to stop breathing for as long as three minutes
• S/he wakes up gasping for air
• People can awaken dozens of times each night without realizing it
• Sleep apnea triggers thousands of nighttime deaths
• Surgery or special machines are used to treat this condition
the big four of food safety
• Clean – wash hands and surfaces often
• Separate – don’t cross-contaminate
• Cook – cook to proper temperature
• Chill – refrigerate promptly
healthy food
a food that is low in fat, is low in saturated fat, has no more than 36-480mg of sodium and 60mg of cholesterol, and provides 10% or more of the Daily Value for vitamin A, vitamin C, protein, calcium, iron or dietary fiber.
Exercise
planned, structures, repetitive movement performed specifically to improve or maintain physical fitness
Physical Activity
any body movement carried out by the skeletal muscles that requires energy
Maintenance
• Not a static stage
• Busy active period of change
• Learn new coping methods
• Replace our problem behaviors with new healthier lifestyle
Problems with Maintenance
• Environment
• Can not control completely
• Impossible to remain free of tempting cues forever
Danger Times
• Social pressures
• Internal challenges
• Overconfidence
• Daily temptation
• Self-blame
• Special situations
• Unusual intense temptations
Social support is good but may be negative too
May not accept the change you are making

Do not motivate you to change