Which factor is considered an external variable influencing illness and illness behavior

Q: What are external variables that influence health?

External Variables. External variables influencing a persons health beliefs and practices include family practices, socioeconomic factors, and cultural background.

Q: Which external variables can affect illness and behavior?

External variables influencing a patients illness behavior include the visibility of symptoms, social group, cultural background, economic variables, accessibility of the health care system, and social support.

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The Health Belief Model and Illness Behavior

Health Education Monographs

Vol. 2, No. 4, THE HEALTH BELIEF MODEL AND PERSONAL HEALTH BEHAVIOR (WINTER 1974)

, pp. 387-408 (22 pages)

Published By: Sage Publications, Inc.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/45240624

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Chapter 6

Question	Answer
Define Health	a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or finfirmity.
What are health beliefs?	a person's ideas, convictions, and attitudes about health and illness.
What are some positive health behaviors?	Immunizations, proper sleep patterns, adequate exercise, stress management, and nutrition.
What are some negative health behaviors?	Negative health behaviors include practices actually or potentially harmful to health such as smoking, drugs or alcohol abuse, poor diet, and refusal to take necessary medications.
What is the health belief model?	It addresses the relationship between a person's beliefs and behaviors. Helps to understand factors influencing patients' perceptions, beliefs, & behavior to plan care that will assist pt in restoring/maintaining health and preventing illness
What are the three components of the Health Belief Model?	1) involves individuals perception of susceptibility to an illness 2) individuals perception of seriousness of illness 3) likelihood that a person take's preventive action-results from a person's perception of the benefits of and barriers to taking action
What is the health promotion model proposed by Pender?	It defines health as a positive, dynamic state, not merely the absence of disease. It is directed at increasing pt level of well-being. Interactioins w/ environment
What are the 3 focuses of the Health Promotion Model proposed by Pender?	1) Individual characteristics and experiences 2) behavior-specific knowledge and affect 3) behavioral outcomes.
What is maslow's hierarchy of Needs?	a model that nurses use to understand the interrelationships of basic human needs. Some need must be met before other needs.
What is the holistic health model?	attempts to create conditions that promote optimal health. Nurses using the nursing process consider pt to be the ultimate experts concerning their own health and respect pt subjective experience relevant in pt health
What are the Internal Variables that influence how a person acts toward their care?	Development stage, intellectual background, perception of functioning, and emotional and spiritual factors.
What are the External Variables that influence how a person acts toward their care?	Family practices, socioeconomic factors, and cultural background.
What is health promotion?	activities such as routine exercise and good nutrition help pt maintain or enhance their present levels of health. Motivate pt to act positively to reach more stable levels of health.
What is wellness education?	teaches people how to care for htemselves in a healthy way and includes topics such as physical awareness, stress mgmt., and self-responsibility.
What is illness prevention?	activities such as immunization programs protect pt from actual or potential threats to health.
What is passive strategies of helath promotion and name example?	individuals gain from the activities of others w/o acting themselves. (fluoridation of municipal drinkning wtr & homogenized milk with vit. D)
What is active strategies of healph promotion and example?	individuals are motivated to adopt specific health programs. (weight reductions, smoking cessation)
Regarding Levels of Preventive Care, what is primary prevention?	precedes disease or dysfunction and is applied to pt considered physically and emotional healthy. (immunization, physical fitness, maintaining general health)
Regarding Levels of Preventive Care, what is secondary prevention?	focuses on individuals who are experiencing health problems or illnesses and are at risk for developing complications or worsening conditions. (propmt action of a diagnosis)
Regarding Levels of Preventive Care, what is tertiary prevention?	occurs when a defect or disability is permanent and irreversible. Minimizing the effects of a long term disease. (Rehab rather than cure)
What is risk factor?	any situation, habit, social or environmental condition, physiological or psychological condition, deveopmental or intellectual condition, spiritual condition, or other variable that increases the vulnerability of an individual or group to an illness.
What are the 5 stages of health behavior stages?	1) precontemplation 2) contemplation 3) preparation 4) action 5) maintenance
What is illness?	a state in which a person's physical, emotional, intellectual, social, developmental, or spiritual functioning is diminished or impaired.
What is acutal illness?	usually reversible, has a short duration, and is often severe. Sumptoms appear abruptly, are intense, and often subside after a relatively short period. May affect functioning in any dimension.
What is chronic illness?	persists, usually longer than 6 months, is irreversible, and affects fucntioning in 1+ systems.
What is illness behavior?	Involves how people monitor their bodies, define and interprety their symptoms, take remideal actions and use the resources in the health care system. Varies widely.
What are the internal variables of illness and illness behavior?	patient perceptions of symptoms and the nature of the illness, influence pt behavior. pt likely to seek medical care.
What are external variables of illness and illness behavior?	influencing a pt illness behavior include the visibility of symptoms, social group, cultural background, economic variables, accessibility of the health care system, and social support. pt reacts positively.

What are external variables that influence health?

External Variables. External variables influencing a person's health beliefs and practices include family practices, socioeconomic factors, and cultural background.

Which external variables can affect illness and behavior?

External variables influencing a patient's illness behavior include the visibility of symptoms, social group, cultural background, economic variables, accessibility of the health care system, and social support.

Which variable is an example of an external variable?

Family practices, cultural background and socioeconomic factors are external variables.

What are the two types of external obstacles that affect healthy behavior?

External factors impacting health practices include family beliefs and economic impact.

Which factor is considered an external variable influencing illness and illness behavior

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