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Health and
Fitness
"When you are
young and healthy, it never occurs to you that in a single
instant your whole life could change." - Annette Funicello
Psychological Models to Predict and Explain Health
Behaviours
There are a number of such
models, one of which has already been explored in depth
in the pages of Nurturing Potential, namely the
Transtheoretical
Model of Change that was linked to our Main Theme
subject of Change and Transformation.
With a backward look at the original
article - and its associated references - we go on to
introduce some other models such as the Health Belief
Model, Self-Efficacy, and the
Precede-Proceed Model.
By and large all these models are
intended for self-help or for reinforcement by
professional health practitioners.
Further models will be the subject of
articles in our next issue of Nurturing Potential.
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