PSAP311 Week 8

What is the key component of the Theory of Planned Behavior?

• Behavioral control

• Behavioral intention

• Behavioral outcomes

• Behavioral beliefs

This refers to the belief about whether most people approve or disapprove of the behavior. It relates to a person's beliefs about whether peers and people of importance to the  person think he or she should  engage in the behavior.

• Subjective norms

• Behavioral control

• Behavioral intention

• Perceived power

Which of the following is not an aim of public health?

• prevent disease and death

• create environmental conditions  in which people can be healthy

• promote a better quality of life

• integrate disease-promoting policies

It is a cognitive model which states that behavior is  determined through a set of beliefs about threats to  an individual’s well-being and the effectiveness and  results of particular actions or behaviors.

• Health Belief  Model

• Health Action Theory

• Theory of Planned Behavior

• Theory of Health Behavior

This refers to a person’s subjective perception of the risk of acquiring an illness or disease. There is wide variation in a person's feelings of personal vulnerability to an illness or disease.

• Perceived severity

• Perceived barriers

• Perceived susceptibility

• Perceived benefits

This refers to a person's perception of the effectiveness of various actions available to reduce the threat of illness or disease.

• Perceived  barriers

• Perceived benefits

• Perceived  severity

• Perceived  susceptibility

This refers to the customary codes of behavior in a group or people or larger cultural context.  These are considered normative, or standard, in a group of people.

• Social norms

• Subjective  norms

• Attitudes

• Perceived  power

It is considered as widely cited and applied behavior theory. It has been one of a closely interrelated family of theories that influence a cognitive approach to explaining behavior which prioritizes individuals’ attitudes and beliefs.

• Health Belief  Model

• Theory of Planned  Behavior

• Health Action Theory

• Theory of Health Behavior

This refers to the perceived presence of factors that may facilitate or impede performance of a behavior.  This contributes to a person's perceived behavioral control over each of those factors.

• Perceived  power

• Social norms

• Perceived  behavioral control

• Subjective  norms

This is the stimulus needed to trigger the decision-making process to accept a recommended health action.

• Perceived benefits

• Self-efficacy

• Perceived barriers

• Cue to action