Health Sciences 2250A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Health Promotion, Operant Conditioning, Theory Of Reasoned Action
9 Apr 2020
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Chapter 7: theories and models commonly used for health promotion interventions. For health education specialists, theory helps to develop an organized, systematic, and. Nutbeam and harris have stated that a fully developed theory would be characterized by. Using a theory as a foundation for program planning and development is consistent with the current emphasis on using evidence-based interventions in public health, behavioural medicine, and medicine from any number of theories used together. Model: a composite, a mixture of ideas or concepts taken the processes underlying learning, but only to represent them. Unlike theories, models do not attempt to explain. Construct: when a concept has been developed, created, or adopted for use with a specific theory. Concepts: the primary elements of a theory. The key concepts of a theory are its constructs. Variable: the operational form of a construct. Specify how a construct is to be measured in a specific situation.
