Description
Read the document file – the essay is 4 page, 2 other pages are for the written log for one week
Choose a health behavior
Keep a detailed written log for one week, using the self-monitoring procedure.
According to the health belief model (HBM), what are your perceived susceptibility and perceived severity of contracting an illness due to this behavior? What are the perceived benefits and perceived barriers to changing this behavior for you?
According to the transtheoretical model of behavior change (TTM), what stage are you in at this time, with regard to changing this behavior? Explain why you see yourself as in this stage.
When you have finished your weekly log, write a 4-page paper specifying what the assignment was like for you.
What did you learn from the assignment?
What patterns do you notice, looking back over the week?
How easy/difficult was it for you to keep detailed records?
Did the process of recording the behavior cause any change in the behavior?
Why do you think this is a common assignment given to people who are changing their health behaviors?
Include your log of the frequency of the health behavior (using the monitoring data you collected), clearly marking the baseline period, and points at which the intervention started and ended.
