7Unit 2Health Promotion And The Practice Of Health Behaviors
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HeaLTH PROMOTION AND THE PRACTICE OF
HEALTH BEHAVIORS
Why Is Health Why Is Health Behavior Important?Behavior Important?
Role of behavioral factors is Role of behavioral factors is increasing.increasing.
25% of cancer prevented by not smoking25% of cancer prevented by not smoking
20% of CHD by reducing 10% of weight20% of CHD by reducing 10% of weight
Low cholesterol= great arteriesLow cholesterol= great arteries
50% of the deaths 50% of the deaths from 10 leadings from 10 leadings
causes of death are causes of death are due to MODIFIABLE due to MODIFIABLE
lifestyle factors!lifestyle factors!
Why Is Health Why Is Health Behavior Important?Behavior Important?
1.1. Reduce deaths due to Reduce deaths due to diseases related to diseases related to lifestyle.lifestyle.
2.2. Increase longevity and life Increase longevity and life expectancy.expectancy.
3.3. Expand the number of Expand the number of years without chronic years without chronic diseases.diseases.
What Are Health What Are Health Behaviors?Behaviors?
7 Health Habits By 7 Health Habits By Belloc And Breslow Belloc And Breslow
1.1. Sleep 7 to 8 hours.Sleep 7 to 8 hours.
2.2. No smoking.No smoking.
3.3. Eat breakfast.Eat breakfast.
4.4. No more that 2 alcoholic drinks.No more that 2 alcoholic drinks.
5.5. Exercise regularly.Exercise regularly.
6.6. No eating between meals.No eating between meals.
7.7. No more that 10% overweight.No more that 10% overweight.
Types of Health Types of Health BehaviorBehavior
Depends on the health system.Depends on the health system.
Exams, immunizations…Exams, immunizations…
Health system isn’t necesaryHealth system isn’t necesary
exercise, dietary control…exercise, dietary control…
No health system at allNo health system at all
Brushing one’s teeth.Brushing one’s teeth.
Primary PreventionPrimary Prevention
Installing good health habits and Installing good health habits and changing poor ones.changing poor ones.
1. Change poor health habits.1. Change poor health habits.
ex. Programs for ex. Programs for people overweight.people overweight.
2. Keep people from developing poor 2. Keep people from developing poor health habits.health habits.
ex. Smoking ex. Smoking prevention or Safe sex programsprevention or Safe sex programs
Intervening with children and adolescents
Intervening in childhood
can help prevent poor
health habits from
developing.
Interventions with At-Risk People
Advantages to working with people who are at risk for a particular health disorder.
By identifying these people as early as possible, one may be able to prevent or eliminate poor health habits that can contribute to the likelihood of the problem.
In addition, working with at-risk populations provides a specific focus for health interventions that may achieve good results.
Health promotion: An overview
Barriers to effective health promotion
Barriers to health promotion within the structure of medicine
The absence of a formal diagnostic process for health.
The absence of an appropriate method for identifying people who are at risk.
Health risk appraisal: is a formal strategy by which health educators attempt to promote changes in individuals´health behaviors. It involves the assesment of health habits and a quantified, personalized, computarized report indicating which health habits should be modified.
Individual barriers to health promotion
Health behaviors are learned in the child´s most powerful environment, the home.
Parents generally play an important role in deciding what their children will an will not do.
Unrealistic optimism
The perception that their poor health behaviors are widely shared but that their healthy behaviors are more distinctive.
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Health-Habit Factors That Undetermine Health Practices
Why Are Health-Habits Autonomus And Unstable?
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Individual Differences In The Practice Of Good Health Behavior
Health Promotion: A Preliminary Evaluation
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