Compare the Biopsychosocial model with the Health Belief model
Compare the Biopsychosocial model with the Health Belief model
The Health Belief model and the Biopsychosocial model both represent two different approaches to health. The Health Belief model attempts to predict reasons for health behaviour and likelihood of behaviour change 1(Naidoo and Wills 2001). Where as the Biopsychosocial model shown by Banyard 2(1996) identifies health as being multi dimensional stating with interacting factors rather then a single cause
The Health Belief Model as described by Naidoo and Wills 3 (2001) was originally designed by Rosenstock in 1966 and later developed by Bekker and colleagues in the 1970's. They describe how the model describes how demographic variables have an impact on behaviour change. The variables being susceptibility, seriousness, costs, benefit and cues to action. Each variable is shown as independent but all could impact on a persons likelihood of behaviour change. Susceptibility refers to chances, like an individuals chance of getting a disease. Seriousness refers to severity of an illness or disease. Cost refers to not only monitory value like how much money smoking cost but also to other values in a person life, like giving up smoking may cause stress. Benefits refers to benefits of giving up a behaviour such as a person could feel healthier and be less likely to lose their breath when walking if they give up smoking. And lastly cues to action can refer to an internal factor like shortness of breath or an external factor like advice from a doctor. Together or individually all of these variables are suggested to affect our likelihood of behaviour change.
The Health Belief model and the Biopsychosocial model both represent two different approaches to health. The Health Belief model attempts to predict reasons for health behaviour and likelihood of behaviour change 1(Naidoo and Wills 2001). Where as the Biopsychosocial model shown by Banyard 2(1996) identifies health as being multi dimensional stating with interacting factors rather then a single cause
The Health Belief Model as described by Naidoo and Wills 3 (2001) was originally designed by Rosenstock in 1966 and later developed by Bekker and colleagues in the 1970's. They describe how the model describes how demographic variables have an impact on behaviour change. The variables being susceptibility, seriousness, costs, benefit and cues to action. Each variable is shown as independent but all could impact on a persons likelihood of behaviour change. Susceptibility refers to chances, like an individuals chance of getting a disease. Seriousness refers to severity of an illness or disease. Cost refers to not only monitory value like how much money smoking cost but also to other values in a person life, like giving up smoking may cause stress. Benefits refers to benefits of giving up a behaviour such as a person could feel healthier and be less likely to lose their breath when walking if they give up smoking. And lastly cues to action can refer to an internal factor like shortness of breath or an external factor like advice from a doctor. Together or individually all of these variables are suggested to affect our likelihood of behaviour change.
