Artificial intelligence will never be human. It can process language, recognize patterns, simulate empathy, and even help build frameworks for understanding the human condition. But it cannot feel the sting of exclusion, the snap of betrayal, the dissolving warmth of belonging, or the primal comfort of being truly safe. That gap is not a flaw […]
Category: Health Behavior Change
Literature Review: Best-Practice Approaches to Improving Health with Limited Resources Abstract This literature review outlines approaches to achieving health equity in socioeconomically disadvantaged communities with limited resources. Community health interventions are designed to prevent disease or injury, promote health, and achieve health equity in priority populations who live in impoverished communities and are at higher […]
Impact of Water Disinfection Chemicals on the Human Gut Microbiome: A Review Introduction Our understanding of the human gut microbiome has greatly expanded in the last two decades (NIH, 2019). GDReBase now has over 514,000 papers on gut microbes and related diseases (Xu et al., 2019). Our expanded understanding leads us to believe that the […]
What is health literacy, and why is it important? Health literacy is your ability to find, understand, and use health information to make good choices about your health and well-being. It is important because it empowers you to take charge of your health and navigate the healthcare system more effectively. Exploring trusted wellness resources like […]
In consideration of models and tools for addressing behavior change, perhaps one of the most important elements is how we communicate health behaviors to our audience. It is important to note that 54% of Americans read below the equivalent of a sixth-grade level and more than half (51.7%) of Americans do not have a college […]
Identity Behavior Theory postulates that how someone chooses to identify may largely determine whether they take action on a health behavior, and IBT is concerned with how identity guides and motivates behavior, along with one’s attitude and resilience toward the behavior. Other models of behavior change consider stages and processes of change, perceptions toward change, […]
Everyone experiences stress of some type but how we cope with life’s stresses largely determines our behavior toward stress and so the various theories concerning stress and coping outline how we process and manage stress. Most transactional theories of stress and coping attempt to determine what stressors are, and most break them down into basic […]
The Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) is a measurement tool used by researchers, clinicians, and health coaches to assist in determining the likelihood that a patient or intervention group will engage in a particular health associated behavior based on their perceived will-power, and it assesses their attitude toward a behavior, perceived social norm of the […]
The Transtheoretical model (TTM) of behavior change is one of the most popular and tested models of behavior change and focuses on changes that are time sensitive. TTM hypothesizes that people progress through several stages of change from a precontemplation stage, to a contemplation stage, to a preparation stage, to an action stage, and then […]
The Health Belief Model for changing health behaviors is a type of intervention strategy used in individual and public health settings that proposes that people will take preventative behavior change action seriously based on their beliefs and perceptions of a significant risk to their health if action is not taken. The HBM, when used in […]
