HLSC 2P49 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Gun Control, Health Promotion
5 Feb 2016
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Better quality of life see the best parts of the world. Many barriers to engaging in health behaviours (cultural/attitudes, nature of health habits, economic, health system) Need theories (good explanations) to help us understand why people do what they do. Health belief model belief in vulnerability/threat, belief behaviour will reduce vulnerability and cues to action. Beliefs about one"s ability to complete a behaviour. Lack of belief in one" competence, prevents involvement. Belief behaviour will work to reduce sense of threat. Need the sense of i can do it! . So (health) behaviour often determined by self efficacy. So change behaviours by scaring them (use of fear appeal?) Health promotion programs often use fear appeals. If too high avoidance and reactance (people can become defensive) Better with adolescents and adults than kids. Also should stress how to change and self efficacy. Different version is theory of reasoned action. Find intermediary psyc mechanism/process close to actual behaviour.
