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17 Cards in this Set
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Health Behavior
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-any activity undertaken by someone who believes themselve to be healthy for preventing disease or detecting it in an asymptomatic stage
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Health belief model
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-attempts to explain health behavior and or adherence
-a person's state of readiness to take action and engage in health related behaviors, relative to a particular health condition, is a fn of several factors |
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Why is the health belief model helpful?
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-useful in predicting health behavior before illness
-useful in predicting health behavior during an illness |
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What factors can help inc adherence?
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-education
-accomodation -modification -changes in therapeutic regimen -enhancing patient-physician relationship |
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What changes can we make to a health regimen that can help modify the patient's health behavior?
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-simplifying
-communicating -maximizing reward -minimizing cost -instilling personal responsibility in the patient |
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Transtheoretical model of stages of change
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-change of a behavior does not happen after one try
-change requires movement thru discrete motivational stages over time |
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What are the 5 stages in the transtheoretical model?
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1. precontemplation
2. contemplation 3. preparation 4. action 5. maintenance |
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Precontemplation
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-not planning to change in the next 6 mo
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Contemplation
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-intending to change in the next 6 mo
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Preparation
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-actively planning change and experimenting with limited action
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Action
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-actually making overt changes but less than 6 mo of success
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Maintenance
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-sustaining change over time and taking steps to resist relapse
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What behavior patterns can inc risk for CHD?
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-type A personality
-anger -hostility -agressiveness |
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What can we do to help a type A person limit their risk for CHD?
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-progressive muscle relaxation therapy
-rational emotive therapy -stress innoculation -problem solving skills training |
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What types of interventions are available for smokers?
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-nicotine replacement therapy
-social support -skills training/problem solving |
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What type of behavior is strongly associated with contracting HIV?
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-high risk taking behavior
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What methods are available to limit the risk for HIV in individuals who exhibit high risk behavior?
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-providing behaviorally specific risk education
-enhancing threat sensitization -skills training (condom use, etc) -reinforcement/encouragement |
