I believe my personal health is in an acceptable shape. I physically feel great. I typically have a vigorous workout every other day or every third day. To fuel myself for those vigorous exercises, I eat lots of proteins, carbs, fruits, and vegetables. In addition to that part of my physical health, I don’t partake in drugs or alcohol because I’ve seen the effects and want no part of that lifestyle. Also booze is expensive and full of unnecessary carbs, and drugs can mess you up for life. I also haven’t had sex or plan to soon, so I won’t be getting any STDs or have a pregnancy. My physical health is pretty solid at the moment and I think my physical wellness will be more optimal based off of my choices. In addition to physical health, my mental health is also doing well. I have not had a traumatic life altering experience besides knee surgery, but that was more painful, than earth shattering. I have not been abused and am generally an upbeat, positive person. I’ve been able to make great, meaningful relationships and am willing to help them out and it’s reciprocated. If I’m in trouble, I have the confidence to ask for help even if the situation is awkward. Additionally, I also life my life with meaning. I want others to enjoy life like I do. I want to help others and for …show more content…
The Health Belief Model states the, “Perceived benefits of specific action.” This is talking about if I started running, I’ll reduce my risk of heart disease. It’s typically to get away from a disease or illness. The Health Belief Model discusses a lot about how you perceive your susceptibility, your consequences, your benefits, and your barriers. I have a risk of strokes in my family. I could subconsciously always yearn to be active to lower my risk of a stroke. It plays a role in how active I want to be, but it’s likely that it’s a combination with my environmental factors that I stated in the paragraph
Personal health is extremely important to everyone around the world. But it is especially important to citizens of the United States of America. Being one of the leading countries in Health technology and also in food and beverage leaves most people choosing between living a healthy lifestyle and indulging in the varieties of food we offer. Across the country, many people are living with pre-existing conditions, living in food deserts, living below the poverty line and a long list of other factors that either hinders them from eating healthy or force them to eat healthily. When trying to live a healthy lifestyle in this country not only does the promotion of prevention matter, but also the promotion of Career and job opportunities matter just as much. In the United States, Money equals Power and money also equal the opportunity to create and live a healthier lifestyle.
Lets make it quite clear that change doesn’t happen overnight nor is it ever a process easy. To make a proper and healthy life-style behavior change, you must be dedicated to put in the time and effort that’s necessary for accomplish any goal. When I first began to become engage in exercising and becoming more physically fit I found that the Health Belief Model and the Social Cognitive Theory demonstrated the progression that I have made throughout my change. To begin you do not need to try and follow through the steps provided in any given model or a theory, the reasoning behind that statement is that everyone is different so our stages of change will all differ from one another. For me, once I decided that I wanted to begin attending group-fitness classes I found that through the Health Belief Model I had to understand the perceived benefits of my change, I had to
The Health Belief Model (HBM) comes from the psychological and behavioral theorists. The premise is that there are two parts involved in health related behavior. “People are more inclined to engage in a health behavior when they think doing so can reduce a threat that is likely and would have severe consequences if it occurred.” (Brewer & Rimer, 2008, p. 152). The patient believes that a specific health action will prevent or cure the illness. How the individual responds depends on the perceived benefits and barriers of that health behavior.
The Health Belief Model (HBM) is a psychological model that attempts to explain and predict one’s health behaviors by focusing on their attitudes and beliefs. HBM is derived from both the Stimulus Response and the Cognitive Theory. Stimulus Response Theory refers to the belief that an individual’s behavior is apparent as a result of the relationship between stimulus and response whereas Cognitive Theory suggests that the different processes concerning learning can be explained by analyzing the mental process first. Furthermore, cognitive theories consist of thinking, reasoning, hypothesizing, and expecting (Banafshe, 2015). HBM also relates to Value-Expectancy Theory in that individuals have the desire to avoid or to get better from illnesses (value) and that they can prevent illnesses through specific health actions (expectation) (Banafshe, 2015). Apart from these three theories, the key constructs of HBM must also be evaluated in order to predict one’s health-related
Physical health is one aspect of life that most individuals take for granted. Most people assume that our health will always be there or if one becomes sick they will be able to recover their health with the new medical advances that are always happening around the world. However, this is not always the case some individuals have to face a chronic lack of health and deal with the implications of this on their life. The loss of health I will be talking about today is not a direct loss of personal health but a loss of health that my father experiences and all the different components that affect my family and I’s life because of it.
After meeting with our patient twice, I believe we have set into place a relationship where the patient is very open to us about her health. This is helpful for my partner and I as an open and honest patient is beneficial as we assist them in their health. Goals for next semester include reducing our patient’s blood sugar as well as reducing our patient’s fibromyalgia pain. Our patient has expressed to us that her glucose is high but she is ok with the high number as long as she is feeling relatively healthy. We hope to give practical ways to reduce blood sugar throughout next semester so hopefully we can reduce that number by semester’s end. Our patient is going to see her physician soon, so we hope to get an update on the patient’s fibromyalgia
Throughout Unit 3 of my HSC 4M (World Cultures) course, I have been able to learn and grow in my understanding of not only others, but of also myself. In the first activity of this unit, I learned about many historical and contemporary social movements by researching and presenting a case study about the Stonewall Riots, and by reading and providing commentary on others’ case studies. In the subsequent activity, I was given the opportunity to propose solutions to a variety of potential barriers. The final activity allowed me to research an individual, who initiated social change and took action to knock down barriers. For this activity, I researched Hannah Taylor, a young girl, who initiated social change, by creating an organization called
The Health Belief Model (HBM) is one of the first theories of health behavior. It was developed in the 1950s by social psychologists in the U.S. Public Health Services to better understand the widespread failure of tuberculosis screening programs. Today it continues to be one of the most widely used theories. Research studies use it to explain and predict health behaviors seen in individuals. There is a broad range of health behaviors and subject populations that it is applied in. The concepts in the model involve perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, cues to action, and self-efficacy. Focusing on the attitudes and beliefs of individuals being studied create an understanding of their readiness to act on a health/behavioral factor based on their particular opinions on selected conditions. Several modifying factors such as age, sex, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, or level of education, etc. can determine one’s opinion on their perceived threat of obtaining a disease such as lung cancer based on the severity of the triggers causing the illness. Their likelihood to change an opinion or behavior depends on their perceived benefits or certain barriers that may be out of their control. Interventions can be used to promote health behavior changes and aid in persuading or increasing awareness on a particular issue.
The Health Belief Model is still a working model. “The HBM derives from psychological and behavioral theory with the foundation that the two components of health-related behavior are 1) the desire to avoid illness, or conversely get well if already ill; and, 2) the belief that a specific health action will prevent, or cure, illness.” (LaMorte) Therefore, an individual’s actions depend on the person and what he or she believes to be helpful and beneficial to their
Many health behavioral change models have been used for reducing the burden of diseases and death whether at an individual or community level. The models that use in health campaigning are helpful in identifying potential points of interventions (Snelling, 1957 & ebrary, 2014). One of the oldest and most popular models used to inform behaviour change interventions is the Health Belief Model (HBM). The HBM model concept is based on beliefs about health that play an important role in preventive health behaviors. It contains four constructs that predict why people will take action to prevent, to control, or to screen illness conditions; these include perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, and perceived barriers (Viswanath,
The idea of mental health has always been an area of study that has been intriguing, interesting, and complex not only during my social work education, but also in my personal life as well. Throughout life so far, my attitude towards mental disabilities has been one that is evolving as my understanding about mental health has grown, but also has always been towards a sense of open-mindedness and non-judgmental view considering my own life experiences and people that I have encountered. After having completed my MSW internship at Vista Maria, a residential treatment program for adolescent females, and conducting therapy in the building that housed females with the presenting problem of a delinquent charge and mild to severe mental health concerns,
Adhering to my doctor’s advice, I rested from all sorts of physical activity for a week. Because I enjoy working out, this didn’t sit well with me. So, I decided to pay more attention to my nutrition to keep my body healthy.
After reviewing the charts created from the packets given to the class, I discovered that the results from were right around were I expected them to be.
healthy is a major component in ones’ overall wellbeing, more so mentally, but being healthy
I have learned a lot about my health and wellness thorough out this semester it is truly amazing. The impact these seven different dimensions have on our health they are, physical, intellectual, psychological, spiritual, social, environmental, and occupational all play a role in our health. All in so many different ways working together to make a brighter and happier healthier us. These seven dimensions make up whom we are and how we live our life is all based upon how we balance these dimensions.