ADMS 3502 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Health Belief Model, Theory Of Reasoned Action, Social Stigma

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 3502
• Professor: Cristobal Sanchez- Rodriguez

Document Summary

Application of behaviour-change theories and methods to injury prevention. Behaviours that give rise to violence and injury are amenable to preventative intervention, reduce injury risk behaviours. Can contribute to enhance emnt of injury prevention program. Active approach to injury prevention, require people to take active role in protecting themselves. Hard to do passive without active, rarely an environmental change that doesn"t require human adaptation. Need to combine behavioural and environmental approaches to injury prevention. Behaviour change for injury prevention at community level. Role of theory in behaviour change: need to understand determinants of behaviours and properly apply health behaviour theory to development and implementation of effective interventions. Theories help to guide to build better prevention programs. Importance of ecologic model in understanding ad intervening in contemporary public health problems. Health and well-being affected by dynamic interaction among biology, behaviour and environment, changes over life course. Important of indv-level and community-level factors in shaping health and health-related behaviours.