PSY 383 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Chronic Lung Disease, Health Belief Model, Health Promotion
10 Sep 2016
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Risk factors for the leading causes of death in the united states: Heart disease risk factors: tobacco, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, physical inactivity, obesity, diabetes, stress. Stroke: high blood pressure, tobacco, diabetes, high cholesterol, physical inactivity, obesity. Accidental injuries: on the road (failure to wear seat belts), in the home (falls, poison, fire) Chronic lung disease: tobacco, environmental factors (pollution, radon, asbestos) Idea that good health, or wellness, is a personal and collective achievement. Health behaviors: undertaken by people to enhance or maintain their health. Health habit: firmly established and performed automatically without awareness. Taking measures to combat risk factors for illness before it has a chance to develop. Strategies: getting people to alter their problematic health behaviors, keeping people from developing poor health habits in the first place. Factors responsible for practicing and changing health behaviors: Personal control: health locus of control scale: measures the degree to which people perceive their health to be under personal control.
