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Health Psychology Chapters 1,3,4 Introduction and Overview, Health-Promoting Behaviors, Health behaviors

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Health Psychology

What is Health Psycho­logy?
What are the psycho­logical factors that influence staying healthy, how we become ill, how they respond to being ill
exercise, smoking, cardiac health, diabetes, cancer screen­ings, autoimmune disorder, alcoho­lism, easting disorders, pain manage­ment, sleep disorders, doctor­-pa­tient relati­ons­hips, death and dying.
Questions we ask:
Stigma­tiz­ation in the health world?
How do people cope with the stress of illness?
How do they get used to chronic illnesses?
Gender differ­ences in health?
Does culture play a role in health?
How do we define good health?
What aspects of health are important to you?

Activities of daily living

What are activities of daily living?
Take care of him/he­rself by performing basic personal care tasks
Examples:
Bathing, dressing, eating, toileting, transf­erring, walking

Instru­mental Activities of daily living

What are Instru­mental Activities of daily living?
person's ability to interact effect­ively with their enviro­nment and perform more difficult activities
examples:
grocery shopping, home manage­ment, managing money, meal prep, using the telephone

Focus on Health promotion and mainte­nance

Good health habits, prevention of illnesses,