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Explain why using theory is a best practice in health education and
promotion. Ans✓✓✓-Indicates reasons why people are not behaving in
healthy ways-identifies information needed before developing an
intervention-provides a conceptual framework for selection constructs to
develop the intervention-gives insights into how best to deliver the
intervention-identifies measurements needed to evaluate the
intervention's impact--to improve the chances of a successful program
Explain the difference between behavior change theories and program
planning models. Ans✓✓✓-These models and theories help design
interventions to encourage behavior change. Each situation calls for
different theories and models to be effective.
Describe the concept of the socio-ecological model. Ans✓✓✓-Using the
socio-ecological approach, health education specialists are better able to
identify the theory that will best fit the desired level of influence
Health Belief Model (HBM): Ans✓✓✓-developed in the 1950's to help
explain why people would or would not use health services
-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 benefits and barriers to taking action
, Identify and explain the 5 elements common to all program planning
models, the Generalized Model for Program Planning. Ans✓✓✓1.)
assessing needs
2.) setting goals and objectives
3.) developing an intervention
4.) implementing the intervention
5.) evaluating the results
Primary Source: Ans✓✓✓-published studies or eyewitness accounts
written by the people who actually conduct the experiments or observe
the events in question
-ex: research articles written by the researcher, personal records,
speeches, debates, newspaper eyewitness accounts, and annual reports
Use appropriate questions to critique a journal article Ans✓✓✓-were the
goals/aims of the study defined in a clear manner?
-were the research questions/hypothesis clearly stated?
-was the description of the subjects clear?
-did the article state how the subjects were recruited?
-were the design and location of the study describe clearly?
-were the data collection instruments described?
-were reliability and validity reported for the instruments?
-did the results directly address the research questions/hypothesis?
-were the conclusions reasonable in light of the research design and data
analyses performed?