PSYCH 150 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Health Belief Model, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Toxicodendron Radicans
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People who supported it: they supported it because prevention tactics failed. People who opposed it, opposed it because: Studies have shown that scare tactics are not effective. Condom use is a health promotion behavior so we should promote its benefits. Arose when psychologists were trying to figure out why people weren"t using a free health care service. Severity belief: how severe the health threat is. Effective: must believe the behavior will be effective. Benefits > barriers: must believe the benefits outweigh the barriers (i. e. health benefits of quitting smoking must outweigh the agony of quitting) Targeted susceptibility beliefs (told patients they were vulnerable) Tried to change severity beliefs (told patients that breast cancer was deadly) Targeted the belief that the behavior was effective (told them mammography drastically decreases odds of dying from breast cancer) Targeted benefits > barriers (told patients that early detection means lumpectomy rather than full mastectomy or chemo) Women given intervention based on health belief model:
