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Seeking Health Care

Seeking Health Care. General strategy. If you do not understand the Dr.’s explanation, ask questions until you do. How do theories help?. Generate research Organize observations Help in predicting behavior. Health belief model (theory). Beliefs predicting health-seeking behavior

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Seeking Health Care

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  1. Seeking Health Care

  2. General strategy • If you do not understand the Dr.’s explanation, ask questions until you do.

  3. How do theories help? • Generate research • Organize observations • Help in predicting behavior

  4. Health belief model (theory) • Beliefs predicting health-seeking behavior • Perceived susceptibility to disease • Perceived severity of the disease • Perceived benefits of behavior • Perceived barriers (E.g. Cost)

  5. Theory of Reasoned Action • Intention to act or not • Shaped by: • Attitude toward the behavior • Subjective norm • Social pressure • Do your friends like the idea

  6. Theory of Planned Behavior • Attitude toward the behavior • Subjective norms • Perceived behavioral control • How hard will it be to get what I want. • If people think they can accomplish something, they are more apt to intend to do it.

  7. Precaution adoption process model • 7 Stages toward health-related behavior • 1. Unaware of personal risk • 2. Aware, but think it will not apply to them • Optimistic bias “It won’t happen to me” • 3. Accept they are personally susceptible • But do not take action • 4. Decide to take action • 5. Decide action is unnecessary • 6. Already taken precautions • 7. Maintaining precautions

  8. Seeking medical attention • Gender differences • Women are more likely to go to the doctor • Men’s “Macho” image

  9. Seeking medical attention • Illness behavior • Before diagnosis • Action with symptoms • After diagnosis • Sick role behavior (Following Dr.s orders) • Even self-diagnosis

  10. Symptom Characteristics • 4 factors determining response • 1. Visibility of the symptoms • To self and others • “You look terrible” = Go to Dr. • 2. Perceived severity of symptoms • 3. Interferes with personal life • 4. Frequency & persistence

  11. Conceptualization of disease 5 steps • Identification of disease“Heart attack” or “Heartburn” 2. Time line Chronic or acute 3. Cause Physical, emotional, or spiritual 4. Consequences Fear of consequences Breast cancer or AIDS 5. Control of the disease

  12. Receiving health care • Medicare Over age 65 “Care for the elderly” 2. Medicaid “Aid the poor” Low income Disability Pregnancy

  13. People without insurance Emergency room “Dock-in-the-box” Convenient care clinic

  14. Helping children with hospitalization Reassurance increases fears “Nothing to be afraid of” Modeling Modeling + cognitive = drugs

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