BBH 316 Exam 1 Study Guide with Complete Solutions
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BBH 316
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BBH 316
BBH 316 Exam 1 Study Guide with
Complete Solutions
Health Promotion - Answer️️ -- entire field of study and practice
concerned with complex nature of health BEHAVIOR
- programs and interventions are implemented to promote change in
behavior in order to improve people's health
refers to ef...
Biobehavioral Health (BBH 316) : Penn State University
BBH 316 Exam 1 Study Guide with
Complete Solutions
Health Promotion - Answer✔️✔️-- entire field of study and practice
concerned with complex nature of health BEHAVIOR
- programs and interventions are implemented to promote change in
behavior in order to improve people's health
refers to efforts to help people achieve optimal health through things like
lifestyle and behavior changes, modifications to public policy, and the
alleviation of health disparities among populations
the roots are in health education
Defined as the combination of two levels of action
1. health education
2. environmental actions to support the conditions for healthy living
Biobehavioral Health (BBH 316) : Penn State University
Health - Answer✔️✔️-"complete mental, physical and social-well being.. not
just the absence of disease" ( WHO definition)
"health has been considered less as an abstract state and more as a means to
an end which can be expressed in functional terms as a resource which
permits people to lead an individually, socially, and economically
productive life (Ottwara charter of health promotion definition)
Characteristics of health - Answer✔️✔️-1. social, biomedical, psychological
2. culture, economic, political environments also effect health of individual
and community
Biobehavioral Health (BBH 316) : Penn State University
What are the 3 types of prevention?.. prevention is one major component of
health promotion - Answer✔️✔️-Primary
- prevention
- early prevention before the risky behavior starts
- when people are healthy and is aimed to prevent a disease from
happening
- include efforts like making recommendations for someone to stop
smoking, start exercising, and change their diet
- programs that take action prior to the onset of a health problem to
intercept its causation or to modify its course
Secondary
- screening
- interrupt problematic behaviors
- screening for disease
- designed to identify diseases in individuals who are in an early stage of
the disease
- programs designed to interrupt problematic behaviors among those who
are engaged in unhealthy decision making and perhaps showing early
signs of disease or stablility
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