HSS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Health Belief Model, Smoking Cessation, Transtheoretical Model
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Chapter 1: discovering your personal rhythm for health living (part 2) This include life experiences, knowledge, cultural/ethnic inheritance, current beliefs & values. These factors lead you to a particular behaviour. For ex - family influence on smoking behaviour also relates to family poverty & family processes - monitoring & bonding. This includes skills or abilities, physical, mental & intellectual capabilities; resources & accessible facilities - > make health decisions more convenient or difficult. Positive enablers: encourage to carry your intentions; negative enablers: work against your intentions to change. Overall, identifying positive & negative enablers and devising alternative plans when neg factors outweigh pos one - part of necessary planning for behavioural change. This includes encouragement or discouragement coming from others or situations in your life - that enable behaviour. Strict laws against drinking & driving regarding risks - also reinforce you to choice drink less.