PS285 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Health Belief Model, Sub-Saharan Africa, Theory Of Reasoned Action
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Chapter 6 theories, models and interventions applied to sexual health textbook notes. Sexual behaviour any activity that arouses sexual arousal for pleasure or procreation. Two of the most serious (but rare) sti"s: syphilis & hiv. Greatest affected by sti"s is 16-24 year olds. Incidence: number of new diagnoses in one year. Sub-saharan africa has the world"s highest hiv rate. Individual-level approaches for studying people"s actions and choices (top-down approaches) Likelihood of a behaviour is also influenced by cues to action reminders to tale an action consistent with our intention. Internal feeling tired = you relax: external family members remind you to do something. Demographic factors, psychosocial factors and structural factors (knowledge of condition) have been added to the model) Hbm has been disconfirmed on multiple occasions with multiple studies. Protection motivation theory (rogers) describes coping with a health threat w/ 2 appraisal processes. The appraisals result in an intention (protection motivation) make you perform an adaptive response or maladaptive response.
