HSCI 312 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Health Promotion, Karl Popper, Health Belief Model

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HSCI 312
• Professor: Kate Tairyan

Document Summary

Have an impact on health behavior by understanding it. Problem assessment of health problems (define, theory) Solution what you say about addressing issues (program components) Evaluation accountability of how you know wit made an impact. Key features: a theory presents a systematic way of understanding events or situations. It is a set of concepts, definitions, and propositions that explain or predict these events or situations by illustrating the relationships between variables. Theories (cid:373)ust (cid:271)e appli(cid:272)a(cid:271)le to a (cid:271)road (cid:448)ariet(cid:455) of situatio(cid:374)s. the(cid:455) are, (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:374)ature, a(cid:271)stra(cid:272)t, a(cid:374)d do(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e a spe(cid:272)ified content or topic area. Like empty coffee cups, theories have shapes and boundaries, but nothing inside. They become useful when filled with practical topics, goals, and problems. (barbara rimer and karen glanz, 2005) Most health behavior and health promotion theories were adapted from the social and behavioral sciences, but applying them to health issues often requires that one be familiar with epidemiology and the biological sciences.