Lesson 3: Health and Behavior Percent Distribution of Registered Deaths by
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Behavior – this is how a person act toward one
self. So meaning ito yung nagiging ugali or
actions na tinatake ni person to care for
himself/others.
Health Behavior
• Health behaviors are actions individuals
take that affect their health.
- So they include actions that could
lead to either improve health such
as eating well, being physically
active and also to actions that
increase ones risk of disease
(smoking, excessive alcohol intake,
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and risky sexual behaviour).
- This determine weather a person is Causes of Mortality in the Philippines
taking good care of their own
health.
- Through our behaviour we could
actually be the ones who will decide
kung ano yung magiging fate nong
health naten.
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Deaths in the Philippines: 2010 to 2019
Understanding Health and Health Behavior
What makes an individual move towards
change?
- We as individuals we are prone to
vices to temptation of being
unhealthy.
Concepts of Health Behavior Intersection of Health Behavior
• An activity undertaken for the purpose
of preventing or detecting disease or for
improving health and well being.
• Behavior patterns, action and habits
that relate to health maintenance, to
health restoration and to health
improvement.
a) Medical service usage
(vaccination, visit to the
physician, annual check
ups)
b) Compliance with
medical regimens
(advices of physician)
c) Self-directed health
behaviours (diet,
exercise, consumption
How do we classify behaviors?
of alcohol, smoking)
Classification of Health
Health Behavior Theory (HBT)
• The Purely Practical – it is a determining
• This reflects an amalgamation of
reason. Practice behaviour of patient (
approaches, methods, and strategies
exercise, diet)
from social and health sciences.
• The Theoretical Practical – motivating
• It is related to the goal of many
reason. Mix of theory and practical.
researchers that are interested in
health behaviour in order to understand • The Purely Theoretical – supporting
both the determinants of health reason. This are the health behaviour
behaviour and the process of health that the patient knows exist by theory.
behaviour change. Dimensions of Wellness
• Research in this area has implications
including… Wellness- it comprises 8 mutually code
1) A better understanding dependent dimensions.
of health behavior - Well being of the person that is
2) A basis upon which being good.
interventions to
improve the public
health of individuals
and communities can
be develop and
evaluated.
finances including knowledge and skills
of financial planning and managing
expenses.
Dimensions of Health Behavior
Positive Behaviors
- ‘Healthy’, ‘Healthful’ or ‘health-
enhancing’ health behaviours
- Doing something good for your health.
Negative Behaviours
- ‘unhealthy’, ‘risk’, ‘health-
• Emotional Wellness – it encompasses
compromising’ or ‘health-impairing’
the knowledge and skills to identify
health behaviours
personal feelings and to ability to
- Doing something bad habits for your
handle those emotions. Patient must be
health.
emotionally good.
• Physical Wellness – it encompasses all Types of Health Behavior
areas of health that relates to physical
aspects of the body. This includes 1. Health Directed Behavior
nutrition, exercise, weight ⎯ observable acts that are
management. undertaken with a specific
• Occupational Wellness - encompasses health outcome in mind
all aspects of well being that pertains to ⎯ ex. Taking medication in order
personal satisfaction in your job or for you to get healthy or to
carreer cure.
• Social Wellness – this encompasses the 2. Health Related Behavior
aspect of well being that pertains to ⎯ actions that may have health
social connections, relationships and implications but are not
personal expression. undertaken with a specific
• Spiritual Wellness - this encompasses health objective in mind
the aspect of well being that pertaining ⎯ ex. Eating healthy because you
to search of purpose of meaning in life. want it but don’t have specific
• Intellectual Wellness – this goal.
encompasses the aspect of well being
that pertains to brain health and growth
via thought provoking mental activities.
• Environmental Wellness - it
encompasses all areas of health that
relates to the environment and intern
how much the environment can impact
the health.
• Financial Wellness - this encompasses
the aspect of well being that pertains to
Types of Health Behavior Key Health Behaviors
1) Preventive Health Behavior
⎯ any activity undertaken by an
individual who believes
himself/herself to be healthy
for the purpose of preventing
or detecting illness in an
asymptomatic state.
⎯ Action taken when a person
wants to avoid being ill or
having a problem.
2) Illness Behavior
⎯ Any activity undertaken by an
individual who perceives
himself to be ill, to define the
state of health, and to discover
a suitable remedy
⎯ Action taken when a person
recognizes signs or symptoms
that suggest a pending illness.
3) Sick- Role Behavior
⎯ Any activity undertaken by an
individual who considers
himself to be ill, for the
purpose of getting well.
⎯ Action taken when the
individual has been diagnose.
Relationship of Health Behaviors to Socio-
demographic Factors
