PSYC 328 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Health Promotion, Seat Belt, Transtheoretical Model
6 Apr 2018
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What health promotion is and health behaviour change theories. When we think about health promotion we think back to who definition of health. Social, and mental state of well-being as well. Health promotion- process that gets people to this state of health. Health promotion is being aware of behaviours that pose a threat and risks to our health. What"s important for health promotion not just looking at this at an individual layers that influence people"s behaviours. Health promotion can be individual level- see a client. But also happen from the level of public health that puts out public health campaigns that makes people get vaccines or not travel to certain places. Doctors advise at individual level but for large public- public health campaigns to inform huge numbers of people and try to get them to adapt. Behaviours we see just outside that is the target of health promotion effors. Getting to people before any disease has occurred.
