PSYC 365 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Health Promotion, Index Case, Intercultural Competence

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 365
• Professor: David Cox

Document Summary

Social ecological model: building on the biopsychosocial approach to understand big. Individuals do not exist in isolation from each other/from larger systems. Attempts to understand & improve individual health often fail because larger systems are not taken into account. It is naive to think we can change an indiv"s health-related behaviour without understanding the extent to which that person"s environment will support that change. Social ecological model - model acknowledging that indiv influenced by collection of larger, inter-related & cumulative contexts, such as organizations, communities, governments. Health psychologists need to be cognizant of the individual"s place w/i systems. Many major organizations & initiatives have adopted social ecological model, including the who. In canada, langille & rogers - analyzed physical activity in schools by considering school board policies & societal pressures for academic achievement & indiv behaviour of children. Represents classic application of social ecological model. Indivs are complex enough without considering many inter-related systems in which they exist.