HTW 121 Lecture Notes - Esophagus, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Cardiovascular Disease
18 Sep 2014
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50% of death and disease in u. s. related to modifiable risk factors. Vascular disease: peripheral vascular disease and stroke. Liver: alcoholic hepatitis and cirrhosis (cells of liver don"t function properly and liver hardens) Gastrointestinal: gastritis (inflammation of stomach) and pancreatitis (inflammation of pancreas) Assesses individual"s readiness to act on healthier behavior. Provides strategies, processes of change to guide individual through stages of change to action and maintenance. Susceptibility: belief that you are at risk for negative consequences of your behavior. Severity: price we would pay if we didn"t change our behavior. Benefits: belief that the change will be beneficial to health. Enabling factors: necessary to enact behavior change. Reinforcing factors: factors that motivate you to persist. May or may not be aware of problem behavior. Individual has no intention of making change in next six months. Conflicted about positives and negatives of change. Individuals are actively modifying their behavior according to plan. Individuals continue to work at changing behavior.
