Risk Behaviour

Question 1

interpersonal factors

Answer 1

role modelling the behaviour of parents and peers, as well as by environmental and societal influences such as poverty and sociocultural relationships

Question 2

Risk

Answer 2

• The possibility of harm

* To risk something (such as your health) means to put it in danger

Question 3

Risk Behaviours

Answer 3

Refer to specific forms of behaviour that are proven to be associated with increased susceptibility to a specific disease or ill-health

Question 4

Vulnerability

Answer 4

• The susceptibility to negative outcomes

* Determined by a number of risk factors

Question 5

Protective Factors

Answer 5

Influences that limit the likelihood of high-risk behaviour

Question 6

Resilience

Answer 6

•Successful adaptation to the environment despite exposure to risk

Question 7

Risk Factors

Answer 7

• Refer to biological, psychological, social, or economic behaviours or environments that are associated with, or cause increased susceptibility to, a specific disease, ill health, or injury
• They comprise processes, within or outside individuals, which pre-dispose them to succumb to negative stressors
• Why do people sometimes behave in ways that are harmful or risky to their mental and physical health?

Question 8

three aspects to risk

Answer 8

–Existence of a potential harm
–Whether or not there is awareness of the harm
–Acting to protect against the harm

Question 9

Models of Responding to Risk

Answer 9

•Ecological-Systems Approach
•Individual Level
–The Health Belief Model
–The Stages-of-Change Model
–Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA)
–Theory of Planned of Behaviour (TPB)
•Interpersonal Level
–The Social-Cognitive Model (SCM)
•Community and Society 
–Different ways of analysingand managing risk at community and society levels