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22 Cards in this Set
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Acculturation |
gradual process of adopting another culture |
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Adherence |
Following strict protocols or plans |
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Asset mapping |
conducting inventory of resources in a community georgraphically; part of Community Capacity assessment and a tool in community development |
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Behavioral capability |
know what behavior is and how to successfully perform it; key contruct of Social Cognitive Theory |
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Behavioral factors |
patterns of behavior that protect or risk health |
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Behavioral intention |
mental state to take a particular action in the future |
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Behavioral objective |
a statement that defines who is to act, how much of what action by when |
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Behavioral risk |
changable behavior that puts you in danger of a negative health outcome |
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Best practices |
recommendations for intervention that is thoroughly vetted for the target population |
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Change agent |
a person who influences clients decisions by serving several functions |
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Coalition |
pursuit of a common objective by groups within a community |
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Co-morbidity |
having more than 1 illness, simultaneously, that comprises your quality of life (may be additive or synergistic) |
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Communication theories |
4 theories that describe how communication processes impact health behavior change and how communication strategies can be used strategically to motivate behavior change:knowledge gap, agenda setting, cultivation studies, and risk communication |
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Knowledge gap |
people with formal education may be more knowledgable about some issues than those with less education; result: increased flow of info will usually benefit those with higher SES than those from lower SES |
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Agenda setting |
ability of media to influence public priorities |
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Cultivation studies |
investigate the impact of mass media on perceptions of reality |
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Community |
those arranged in a social struture who share common culture, values, and norms |
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Community based interventions |
programs designed to focus on healthful changes |
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Community based participatory research (CBPR) |
collaborative process among equally participating stakeholders that uses research driven community issue focused on combining knowledge and action for social change to inprove community health and eliminate health disparities |
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Community capacity |
combined assets that influence a community's commitments, resources, and skills to increase the quality of life and solve problems |
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Community organization |
a process where a community mobilizes and coordinates resources to solve a mutual problem |
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Consciousness raising |
process of learning new facts, ideas and tips that support healthy behavioral changes; part of the Transtheoretical model (earliest stage of change) |
