NUTR 3070 Lecture Notes - Tuberculosis, Anorexia Nervosa
15 Apr 2013
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Developed to explain why individuals didn"t participate in programs re: diseases: tuberculosis. Study behaviours in response to diagnosed illness: to try and understand why a certain % did not comply with medical regime (what factors predict this) Study lifestyle behaviours: physical activity, nutrition, smoking, anorexia nervosa, etc. Perceived susceptibility to the disease: belief about chances of getting adverse health condition. Perceived risk: they must feel they are at risk. Perceived severity of the disease: belief about how serious an illness and its consequences are. Perceived benefits: belief in efficacy of advised action to decrease risk of getting the disease or seriousness of the consequences of the disease. Your belief in how effective pa will be in decreasing how threatening the disease is. Perceived barriers: belief about costs of advised action, difficulties in doing the behaviours. Strategies to activate readiness: things you do that increase the likelihood you will do something constructive (be active, eat healthy)
