PSYC 328 Chapter 3: Chapter 3 Health Behaviours
6 Oct 2016
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Health promotion: general philosophy around the idea that good health/wellness, is a personal and collective achievement. Who (1986) definition: the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health. Epp report (1986): emphasis on viewing health from a health promotion perspective. Health promotion for different people: individual: Developing a program of good health habits early in life. Carrying them through adulthood and old age: medical practitioner: Teaching people how best to achieve this healthy lifestyle. Lalonde report (1974): need for a health promotion approach to keeping canadians healthy. Goals of various health promotion initiatives: understanding the importance of practising health-promoting, maintaining behaviours, fnding effective and theoretically sound approaches to changing health behaviours maximize health across the lifespan. What are health behaviours: health behaviours: behaviours undertaken by people to enhance/maintain their health. Prevent the onset of illness + negative health behaviours that create risk for illness.
