Exercising Daily Amy Lynn [Type the company name] Health Psychology Exercising Daily I am going to show you how I am going to begin exercising daily in order to help prevent obesity by using the Health Belief Model. I believe that if I continue to eat the way I do on a regular basis and don’t engage in any physical activity it will lead to a chronic illness or an early death. I will show you how I plan to start and succeed in changing my inactive lifestyle to an active lifestyle
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The Transtheoretical model of change is also known as the stages of change model. This model shows the stages that a person goes through when they decide to change. There are varying stages of change for a person these are effected by a person’s readiness to change‚ and the level of motivation the person has to make the changes. There are six identifiable stages in the Transtheoretical model. The first stage is the Precontemplation‚ defined as the time when a person recognizes the need for the health
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Application of the Health Belief Model to Smoking Cessation Introduction The processes of smoking cessation is very personal to me. My mother passed away at the age of 56 from lung cancer. My mother grew up in Ireland. She‚ and all of her friends and family smoked. She would explain to me that it was charming to smoke as she grew up with the images of women and men smoking on the silver screen‚ and that they made it look inviting. Unfortunately for many‚ including Lucille Ball‚ Bette Davis‚
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The Transtheoretical Model‚ also known as the Stages of Change Model was developed by Prochaska and DiClemente in the late 1970s. This particular model mainly focuses on the decision making of an individual and is considered a model of intentional change. The model posits that the individual passes through six different stages of change which includes precontemplation‚ contemplation‚ preparation‚ action‚ maintenance‚ and termination. The TTM is currently the most popular of a number of stage theories
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Smoking is a major modifiable risk factor for diseases and premature death‚ and can be prevented with health promotion and disease prevention strategies. This paper will focus on the clinical issue regarding tobacco use among the female adolescent population. Since female adolescents are at the beginning stage of their reproductive years‚ introduction of smoking cessation early will help alleviate foreseeable health problems. The purpose of this paper is to examine how the application of the Transtheoretical
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Health Education Model for Smoking Cessation Smoking continues to be one of the largest preventable causes of death in the United States‚ and it is increasing among young females and adolescents. One in five will die from lung cancer‚ chronic obstructive lung disease‚ or heart disease. It should be the goal of all health care professionals to encourage smoking cessation to assist in reducing the number of smoke-related diseases and/or fatalities (Max‚ Hai-Yen‚ & Yangling‚ 2012). A Model for Health
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The health belief model (HBM) offers an excellent strategy to address the case of Harris described in the case study. This is because according to DiClemente‚ Salazar & Crosby (2013)‚ the health belief model is simple‚ logical‚ and well-articulated. In applying this model to the case of Harris; who started smoking at the age of 14‚ has been smoking for about seven years‚ appears to be becoming addictive‚ and is becoming aware of the dangers of smoking because he is developing some health issues‚
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a) The three barriers to exercise that posed a proggrsive halt in sarah’s ability to adhere to the sport and fitness activities was that she was self-conscious about her body‚ her age and she had lack of time due to work. The three things that motivated Sarah to exercise and also affected Sarah’s ability to adhere were she likes swimming and also her husband encouraged her to go into fitness. In addition to this‚ another motivation was her friends set up a badminton league and by joking this league
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Smoking cessation Examine the smoking cessation promotion programme Smoking cessation programme id designated to help educate people with an understanding of the health adverseve effects and damages to a smoker also awareness to diseases and prevention of diseases in the increased types of diseases to smoking example breating diffulty smokers cough clogs the heart artries and the types of diseases that can be decresed by quiting smoking examples better breathing more fit better health.also an
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for public health‚ with environmental threats‚ cultural diversity and an ever aging population. The role of health promotion is as important as ever‚ within this assignment I will look at the issues we face and the techniques used to alter public perception and behaviour. One definition widely highlighted from the World Health Organisation states that health is ‘a state of complete physical‚ mental and social well being’ (WHO 1947). This definition encompasses the indicators of poor health but does
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