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Life-style intervention: a conceptual framework.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  10267066     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Improving one's life-style may improve one's health. However, there is a lack of consensus on how to promote compliance with newly adopted health habits. This paper presents a conceptual framework that individuals can learn to assess their life-styles and plan for health-behavior changes. It can also be used by professionals from different disciplines who are developing programs to teach healthy life-style choices. The framework is organized into three ideas: (1) Health status to a large extent reflects the individual's styles of living (a composite of beliefs, emotions, and action patterns). (2) These styles can be encouraged or sabotaged by the individual's support structures (relationships, environments, and equipment). (3) The change process can be seen as a series of steps that cycle through phases of readiness appraisal, decision making, experimentation, and reevaluation. clinical examples and documentation from relevant theory and research illustrate and substantiate the framework.
Authors:
M Jordan-Marsh; J Gilbert; J D Ford; C Kleeman
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Patient education and counseling     Volume:  6     ISSN:  0738-3991     ISO Abbreviation:  Patient Educ Couns     Publication Date:  1984  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1984-08-21     Completed Date:  1984-08-21     Revised Date:  2007-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8406280     Medline TA:  Patient Educ Couns     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  29-38     Citation Subset:  H    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Health Status
Humans
Life Style*
Patient Education as Topic*
Social Environment
Social Support

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