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36 Cards in this Set
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What are some things that influence health care?
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Life expectancy
Changing patterns of disease Cost of health care Lifestyle Behavior |
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What is Cannon's theory on health?
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Cannon 1932 - emotional stress = physical disease
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What is Dunbar's theory on health psychology?
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Dunbar 1943 – personality related to illness
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What is Selye's theory on health psychology?
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Selye 1956 – physical pathways of stress
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What does theory bring to the table?
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-Generation of research
-Organize and explain observations from research -A guide to action in practice |
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What are some common types of research designs?
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-Correlation
-Cross sectional -Longitudinal -Experimental or randomized clinical trials (gold standard) -Ex post facto -Meta analysis |
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What is the Alameda County Study?
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A study that looks at how different factors of lifestyle affect health (ex: smoking, excercise, social support etc.)
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What is the Framingham Study?
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A study that looked at relative risk factors for heart disease like obesity, gender, hypertention etc.
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What definition of health did the World Health organization give for health in 1946?
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That health was not only physical, but it was mental and social as well.
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When did psychosomatic medicine come about? What model does it emphasize?
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1940’s (psychodynamic model)
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When was the Yale conference? What did it focus on?
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Behavioral Medicine” – 1977
Multidisciplinary focus on behavioral influences on health |
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When did the biopsychosocial model come about?
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1977
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What factors does the Health belief model take into consideration when debating health?
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-Perceived susceptibility
-Perceived severity -Perceived benefits -Perceived barriers |
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What does the theory of reasoned action take into consideration when debating health?
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Individual beliefs (attitudes/health beliefs)
+ Social influences (subjective norms) = Intentions > Behavior |
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What factors does the theory of planned behavior take into consideration when debating theory?
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Attitudes (health beliefs)
+ Subjective Norms (reasoned action) + Perceived control (self-efficacy) = Intentions > Behavior |
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What is the theory of precaution adaption look like?
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7 stages of decision making (similar to stages of change model)
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What are some common criticisms about health theories?
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-Don’t account for social-cultural barriers, personal habits and lifestyles
-But all have some value and are useful for some people and problems |
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What are some personal factors that effect health?
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stress, coping, habits, emotions
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What are some gender factors that effect health?
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women seek help more, men less on average
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What are some age factors that effect health behaviors?
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adolescents/young adults and older adults; children dependent on families
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Why might culutre and ethnicity effect health seeking behaviors?
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may foster increased or decreased seeking or adherence or alter nature of methods sought
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Why might severity of symptoms effect health seeking behaviors?
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perceived severity in terms of daily living or pain (not objective severity)
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Why might conceptualization of a particular disease effect health seeking behaviors?
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Identity, cause, time line, consequences, controllability
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What is Medicaid?
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Medicaid – poor, disabled (or children) – managed by states
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What is medicare?
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Medicare – 65+ retired/elderly – federal govt
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What are some institutional hospital issues?
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-Managing environment for everyone
-Risk management -Uniformity -Staffing resources -Staffing quality |
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What is the patient experience like in the hospital? What are some issues that they face?
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-Lack of control/dependency/inactivity
-Isolation/loneliness -Disruption/distraction/over stimulation -Amount of information/decisions -Sickness/pain/distress -Cost |
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What is the behavioral theory of health psychology all about?
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reinforcement, modeling, cueing, contracting
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What is the theory of self efficacy all about?
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situation specific sense of control and ability developed via behavioral experience, modeling, reinforcement, persuasion
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What is the theory of reasoned action all about?
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Reasoned Action – attitudes + social influences + sense of control
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What are the transtheoretical stages of change?
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*Precontemplation - awareness
*Contemplation - motivation *Preparation – skill building, resource development Action – change steps *Maintenance – relapse prevention |
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What are some ways to measure compliance?
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-Self report – interviews, surveys, diaries
-Provider reports -Others reports – family, hospital staff -Pill counts, appointment records – personal or electronic -Biochemical evidence -Combined |
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What is the average compliance rate?
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25-50%
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What are some factors that effect compliance?
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-Conceptualization of Disease and Perception of Severity
-Nature of Treatment -Personal Issues -Economic factors -Cultural Norms -Dr/Patient issues (communication etc) |
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What is a behavioral intervention?
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Behavioral – tailored to person, helping change daily habits, routines, build social support, manage emotions, change thoughts
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What is a multidisciplinary intervention?
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collaborative care covered multiple levels of needs, repetitive, with patient in center of care circle
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