NUTR 430 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
What are the 4 literacy levels? ✔️✔️-below basic
-basic
-intermediate
-proficient
What are 2 ways to use behavior change theory in planning community nutrition interventions?
✔️✔️-can help us target our population. help us understand that we can't have a one size fits all
approach
-consistent with evidence based theory, interventions are most likely to be successful when they
are based on hard science
Multiple levels on influence on health behavior, ecological perspective model ✔️✔️-
intrapersonal
-interpersonal
-organizations/institutions
-policies
Intrapersonal ✔️✔️attitudes, beliefs, personality
interpersonal ✔️✔️family, friends, peers, impact social identity and how do they affect
behavior
, organizations/institutions ✔️✔️rules and regulations, bc of inconvenience you can't go get a
mammorgram, bc you have work during the time the physicians office is open
public policies ✔️✔️didn't have insurance, a public policy to pay for doctors visit
reciprocal causation ✔️✔️the idea that we behave in a certain way that can impact another
person or environment, and vice versa
health belief model ✔️✔️what/how a person "thinks" about health influences behavior
key concepts of health belief model ✔️✔️-perceived susceptibility
-perceived severity
-perceived benefits if intervention occurs
-self efficacy
perceived susceptibility ✔️✔️if they believe it will happen to them
perceived severity ✔️✔️what are the beliefs related to consequences/how bad it would be
perceived benefit ✔️✔️beliefs, regarding if they may change it will reduce risk (do i believe
my change in behavior will benefit me?)
What are the 4 literacy levels? ✔️✔️-below basic
-basic
-intermediate
-proficient
What are 2 ways to use behavior change theory in planning community nutrition interventions?
✔️✔️-can help us target our population. help us understand that we can't have a one size fits all
approach
-consistent with evidence based theory, interventions are most likely to be successful when they
are based on hard science
Multiple levels on influence on health behavior, ecological perspective model ✔️✔️-
intrapersonal
-interpersonal
-organizations/institutions
-policies
Intrapersonal ✔️✔️attitudes, beliefs, personality
interpersonal ✔️✔️family, friends, peers, impact social identity and how do they affect
behavior
, organizations/institutions ✔️✔️rules and regulations, bc of inconvenience you can't go get a
mammorgram, bc you have work during the time the physicians office is open
public policies ✔️✔️didn't have insurance, a public policy to pay for doctors visit
reciprocal causation ✔️✔️the idea that we behave in a certain way that can impact another
person or environment, and vice versa
health belief model ✔️✔️what/how a person "thinks" about health influences behavior
key concepts of health belief model ✔️✔️-perceived susceptibility
-perceived severity
-perceived benefits if intervention occurs
-self efficacy
perceived susceptibility ✔️✔️if they believe it will happen to them
perceived severity ✔️✔️what are the beliefs related to consequences/how bad it would be
perceived benefit ✔️✔️beliefs, regarding if they may change it will reduce risk (do i believe
my change in behavior will benefit me?)
