8 Health Promotion and Psychological Interventions Free Online FlashCards

What is health promotion?

Health promotion enables people to gain greater control over and improve their health through personal skills, community action, supportive environments, and health services and policies.

What does self-efficacy mean in health behavior change?

Self-efficacy is confidence in one’s ability to carry out a behavior despite obstacles.

What makes a behavior-change plan practical?

Make the action specific and manageable, track progress, anticipate barriers, and plan alternatives. Restarting after a lapse helps avoid an all-or-nothing response.

How can education better support health behavior change?

Pair education with skills such as goal setting, self-monitoring, problem solving, feedback, and social support to help turn intentions into routines.

What is motivational interviewing?

It is collaborative counseling that explores a person’s own reasons for change through listening, open questions, reflection, and realistic next steps—not pressure.

How can opportunity shape health behavior?

Access to safe exercise spaces, affordable nutritious food, transportation, time, and health care can make recommended changes easier or harder.

What are three broad ways to cope with stress?

Coping may involve changing a problem, regulating emotional responses, or seeking help. The best approach depends on the situation and available resources.

How does cognitive behavioral therapy support coping?

CBT helps people notice unhelpful thought patterns and practice alternative ways of thinking and acting.

What is self-management support for chronic conditions?

It helps people build the knowledge, skills, and confidence to manage ongoing tasks such as medication use, symptom monitoring, appointments, and lifestyle adjustments.

What does adherence describe?

Adherence describes how closely a person’s medication use or other care actions correspond with an agreed plan.

How can social support respect a person’s autonomy?

Ask what kind of help is welcome. Respecting preferences and autonomy makes support more useful; unwanted monitoring, criticism, or pressure can strain relationships.

How can self-efficacy grow?

Practice, achievable steps, useful feedback, and seeing similar people succeed can strengthen self-efficacy.