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Public Health 144 Midterm 1 with accurate detailed ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




answers


What is Good Theory - correct answer✔✔1. parsimonious- broadly relevant w/o being to
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complicated (easy to understand) ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




2. predictive- accurately predicts behavior
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3. plausible- fits w/ existing knowledge
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4. internally consistent- doesn't make predictions that contradict one another
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The Health Behavior Model - correct answer✔✔1) the desire to avoid illness, or conversely
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get well if already ill; and, 2) the belief that a specific health action will prevent, or cure,
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illness.

likelihood of action= benefits - barriers ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




addresses the individual's perceptions of the threat posed by a health problem ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




(susceptibility, severity), the benefits of avoiding the threat, and factors influencing the ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




decision to act (barriers, cues to action, and self-efficacy). ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




Perceived ||\\|//||




susceptibility (HBM) - correct answer✔✔Beliefs about the chances ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




of getting a condition
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Perceived severity (HBM) - correct answer✔✔beliefs about the seriousness of a condition ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




and its consequences ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




perceived benefits (HBM) - correct answer✔✔beliefs about the effectiveness of taking ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




action to reduce risk or seriousness ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||

, Perceived barriers (HBM) - correct answer✔✔beliefs about the material and psychological ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




costs of taking action ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




cues to action (HBM) - correct answer✔✔factors that activate "readiness to change"
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Self-efficacy (HBM) - correct answer✔✔Confidence in one's ability ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




to take action
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5 Stages of Change - correct answer✔✔pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation,
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action, maintenance ||\\|//||




Precontemplation - correct answer✔✔Not intending to make changes within the next 6 ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




months



Contemplation - correct answer✔✔Intends to take action in the next 6 months ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




Preparation - correct answer✔✔intends to take action within the next 30 days and has ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




taken some behavioral steps in this direction ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




Action - correct answer✔✔has changed behavior for less than 6 months||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




maintenance - correct answer✔✔has changed behavior for more than 6 months ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




Theory of Planned Behavior and Theory of Reasoned Action - correct answer✔✔explore
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the relationship between behavior and beliefs, attitudes and intentions
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assume all other factors (culture, the environment) ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||

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