PBHL 2203 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Social Influence, Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning
4 Feb 2017
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Health promotion- is a general philosophy that has at its core the idea that good health, or wellness, is a personal and collective achievement. People will develop a good health habits early in life and carry them throughout adulthood. Health behaviors are behaviors undertaken by people to enhance or maintain their health. Poor health behaviors are important not only because they are implicated in illness but also because they may easily become poor health habits. Health habit- is a health-related behavior that is firmly established and often performed automatically without awareness. The belief that one is able to control one"s practice of a particular behavior. Theory of planned behavior- according to this theory, a health behavior is the direct result of a behavior intention. Behavioral intentions are themselves made up of three components. Attitudes toward the specific action, subjective norms, regarding the action, and perceived behavior control.
