Health Sciences 2000A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Social Cognitive Theory, Condom, Transtheoretical Model

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 2000A/B
• Professor: Leichelle Little

Document Summary

Influenced by the social, cultural and physical environments in which we live and work. Health behaviors: shaped by individual choices and external constraints, early indicators of population health, can be classified into two broad categories, risk behaviours (health compromising) harm current or future health. Examples: smoking, junk food, alcohol consumption: positive behaviours (health enhancing) promote health and prevent disease. Examples: eating healthy, getting more sleep, reading more: young adults, particularly men, are most likely to engage in health risk behaviours. Characteristics of health compromising behaviors: window of vulnerability in adolescence, behaviours are tied to peer culture. Image of these behaviours as cool : behaviours, though dangerous, are pleasurable, behaviours develop gradually rather than being acquired all at once . Capturing patterns of behavior in canada: statistics canada. Behavior change models: the health belief model, the theory of reasoned action/planned behaviour, social cognitive theory, the transtheoretical model. One"s opinion of chances of getting a condition.