Describe and analyze how health beliefs are related to this behavior

Reading Based on Pages 13 – 28
https://my.uopeople.edu/pluginfile.php/1659932/mod_book/chapter/400887/Ogden%20-%20The%20psychology%20of%20health%20and%20illness_2019.pdf

Assignment

Analyze a health-related behavior that is considered unhealthy (such as smoking, unhealthy eating, drinking too much, not getting enough sleep, not exercising, avoiding health screenings, etc.). Based on your readings, describe and analyze how health beliefs are related to this behavior using at least one of the models in the textbook. Examples: Stages of Change Model, Health Belief Model (HBM) or Protection Motivation Theory (PMT), Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). Analyze and discuss the psychosocial (emotional, social, financial) influences on health-related behavior that you observe. When you discuss information from a reading, be sure to identify the reading you are using. When you use an informational source, such as the textbook, be sure to share the link to the source you used.

Papers must include the following

The student identified and described a health-related behavior.
Someone who is unfamiliar with the behavior should be able to understand what the behavior is just from reading your description.
Student adequately described the connection between the beliefs and the health-related behavior identified using at least one of the models in the textbook.
Examples: Stages of Change Model, Health Belief Model (HBM) or Protection Motivation Theory (PMT), Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB).
The student wrote about psychosocial (emotional, social, financial) influences on health-related behavior that they observed.
The paper included an introduction, a main section, and a conclusion.
All sources are identified in the paper and listed at the end.

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