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Predicting Health Behaviour

Q: What are factors that can make an individual unrealistic optimistic and continue to practice unhealthy behaviour?

1. Lack of personal experience with the problem 2. Belief the problem is preventable by individual action 3. If problem hasn't appeared yet , unlikely to do so in future 4. Belief that the problem is infrequent

Q: What is the health belief model?

A model developed to understand the lack of public participation in health screening and prevention programmes . It focuses on attitudes and beliefs of individual and how this affects their actions.

5 important questions on Predicting Health Behaviour

List the factors that predict health behaviours

1. Social factors
2. Genetics
3. Emotional factors
4. Perceived symptoms
5. Beliefs of patient
6. Beliefs of dentist

What are factors that can make an individual unrealistic optimistic and continue to practice unhealthy behaviour?

1. Lack of personal experience with the problem
2. Belief the problem is preventable by individual action
3. If problem hasn't appeared yet, unlikely to do so in future
4. Belief that the problem is infrequent

Explain each stages of change in the transtheoretical model of behaviour

1. Pre-contemplation = not intending to make any change
2. Contemplation = considering a change
3. Preparation = making small changes
4. Action = actively engaging in a new behaviour
5. Maintenance = sustaining the change overtime
6. Relapse

What is the health belief model?

A model developed to understand the lack of public participation in health screening and prevention programmes. It focuses on attitudes and beliefs of individual and how this affects their actions.

List the factors that contribute to action according to the health belief model

Perceived threat = perceived susceptibility + perceived severity
Perceived benefits
Perceived barriers
Cues to action
Other factors (demographic variables, psychological characteristics)
Self-efficacy

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