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Chapter 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences and Public Health
How Are Social Systems Related To Health?
Shaping the norm means what is common knowledge of the population. The example the book used would be to wear a helmet when you ride a bike
Enforcing patterns of social control is to create structure of society by having rules and regulations set in place
Providing opportunities to engage in healthy behaviors means having in place public places to learn about health and work out. For example: to have a public swimming pool for people to exercise in.
Encouraging the selection of healthy behaviors means learning how to cope with stress or hard times in life. Finding coping strategies that work for you is very important
How Do Socioeconomic Status, Culture, and Religion Affect Health?
Different cultures have different traditions that can affect how they look at health. Some do not believe in modern medicine making it hard to treat a patient sometimes
Family income can greatly affect health. Having wealth will allow individuals to pay for any medical care they need. Individuals with lower economic status may not be able to afford the health care they need.
Religions can be similar to cultures in how they look at health. They have their own set of rules on what they believe in health-wise and what they do not.
How Can Individual Behavior Be Changed?
The health field has used The Model Of Change to help individuals with chronic heath issues
At the first stage, they are usually unsuccessful to create change
The second stage allows for small changes to occur
In the third stage they develop a plan to create change
The fourth and fifth stage allow for the action plan to take place and for the individual to maintain
How Can Marketing Principles Be Used To Change Behavior
The use of social marketing in behavioral change has shown to do good
Social marketing involves a range of different techniques to help individuals with their health problems
Branding is to use certain words and symbols to help individuals identify with the service
Article
This article looked at the use of condoms and the pros and cons associated with it. The article goes into how The Transtheoretical Model relates to this public health issue. When it comes to STIs, there needs to be more primary prevention methods put in place to better inform the public about its risks. This article showed how we should be preventing the mass spread of these STIs to better protect the public.