HSCI 312 Lecture 2: Health Behaviour and Theory

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HSCI 312
• Professor: Kate Tairyan

Document Summary

Week 2 n ot es: hea lt h i ssue s a n d b eha vi ou r s. Connection b/w behavior and environment over biological factors. Physical environment (availability and cost of healthy food) Alter products sold will cut down eating of high fat snacks. Youth violence: violent behaviours (10-24 years old) Linked to poverty levels, access to guns/weapons, drugs. Cognitive explanations focus on decision making, reasoning and other cognitive processes surrounding acts of aggression: when a youth interprets (or misinterprets) social cues as hostile, he/she may react aggressively. From a developmental perspective, engaging in youth violence may also be connected to adolescent identity (self-concept: biological and development (connected to self-identity/concept) Focus on interaction between youth and personal, family, community, school, cultural environments: risk factors and protective factors. Problem behavior syndrome and self-concept overlapping risk factors. Socio-ecological perspective: decision-making, reasoning, etc, misinterpret social cues react violently.