PSYC 2301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Health Belief Model, Smoking Cessation, Social Learning Theory
12 Jul 2016
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Describe & define health promotion; explain why health behaviours important. Know theories & models used for understanding health behaviour change. Describe how cognitive-behavioural approaches used to change health behaviours. Understanding other methods for changing health behaviours. For individual: developing program of good health habits early in life & maintaining them through life. For clinician/practitioner: helping build capacity (through positive health behaviours) in ppl to achieve healthy lifestyle, helping ppl at risk to learn behaviours that offset risk. For community & national policymakers: health promotion involves advocacy (promotion, media), legislation (child seats, smoking bans, seatbelt use), & resources to maintain positive health habits & change poor ones. What is a risk factor: factor that, when present, can increase likelihood of ( negative ) outcome. Idea that good health, or wellness, is personal & collective achievement. Health promotion appears to be more successful & less costly than disease prevention. Rights and freedoms gradient: *diagrams in lecture slides*
