...ability of the theory of planned behavior, issues and anomalies of the theory, and the applicability of the theory in the different field of studies. TPB covers the non-volitional behavior of individuals which cannot be explained by the previous theory of reasoned action. Several studies were conducted to prove the predictive capacity of TPB, particularly in health-related behaviors. TBP has also been applied to the study related to leisure choice, psychology, sociology, business, and information technology. This review would look at the gap in the literature that needs to be focused which will be important part in the proposed framework....
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... He is the youngest of 5 children raised in a single parent home in rural Mississippi. His father was never around to guide him into becoming a man and his other siblings did not complete high school either. The value system is living and surviving from day to day. The mother is a cook at the local restaurant and makes just a little more than minimum wage. She is a functioning alcoholic and I believe that this disease runs in the family. The Smith family never really attended church services other than funerals or weddings. They reside in the white project and this is low income housing. The overall physical health of the family is pretty good, no high blood pressure or diabetes. They do not have a regular physician but, no complaints of health problems. The family members have no diagnosis of any mental problems at this time. The first human behavior theory I chose was family systems theory because this family is dysfunctional in their relationships with each other. It examines the constructs of individuation, differentiation, and identity formation from the individual development and family system theory perspectives, focusing on the role of the individuation process in identity formation and the role of the family system's level of differentiation as a mediator of both these processes. Individuation...
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...The medical industry environment, with the advent of HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), ACA (Affordable Care Act) and the multiple technological advances in the industry, has an increased need for qualified and intelligent medical workers. Medical assisting, which use to be the young girl at the counter doing intake, has grown into an important element in the efficient operation of a well-run office. There are aspects of medical assisting that fit a particular personality type that can prequalify you for this special work. Health care has become an aggressive and extremely competitive business. New advances allow patients multiple options of providers and organizations covered by insurance (Unknown, 2013) . Providers need to be able to understand and communicate with patients to ensure better customer service and meet patient needs. The medical assistant (MA) is usually the first contact, and the initial impression the patient has of the treatment that will be received. People who choose the medical field have to have the makings of a caregiver personality. They need to be able to place their own desires and wants aside as they assist others through a difficult time. In the midst of a crisis, it is the caregiver who reaches out, without any thought for their own benefit, to provide care...
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...Running head: SUSTAINING EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE PAPER Sustaining Employee Performance Paper Alejandro Zatarain, Jamie Lewandoski, George Hull SEC/300 March 28, 2016 Chris Bingham In this paper we will be discussing two positions of the Elias Group Organization. The two positions that we will discuss would be the Director of Technical Services and the Director of Administration and HR. We will describing the functions of performance management, suggest two jobs evaluations, compare possible compensations for this two positions and also we will be explaining the importance of providing employee benefit plans to the employees working in this two chosen positions. The two jobs that we as a team have identified for the Elias Group Organization is the Director of Technical Services and the Director of Administration and HR. The Director of Technical Services is in charge of three managers, which are the manager of web services, the manager of information res. and the manager of desktop services. The other position, which is the Director of Administration and HR in this position, they answer to the president of the company and which they answer to the board of directors. In this position the Director of administration and HR is involved with the legal counsel since they have to deal with Human Resources department and administration. The general function of performance management is to promote and improve employee effectiveness. It is a continuous process where managers...
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...Using the health belief model, how can the nurse encourage a patient, who is status post myocardial infarction, to make immediate and permanent behavior changes in his or her eating habits and activity levels especially when the patient views these changes to be insurmountable? Provide a nursing diagnosis with interventions and outcomes to assess the patient's behavior changes. The Health Belief Model (HBM) is a psychological model that attempts to explain and predict health behaviors. This is done by focusing on the attitudes and beliefs of individuals. The process of health education directs people toward voluntary changes of their health behaviors. The success of any health activity or goal will depend on the individuals perception of the situation and responsiveness to teaching. The nurse assists each person in a process of self-understanding and self direction, so the individual will experience the desire and motivation to change. Frequently, major life decisions need to be made in the process of learning. If through education and counseling the nurse can elicit logical and clear thinking, then the individuals decision-making abilities and progress in meeting life's needs will be developed further. Nursing Diagnosis Anxiety and fear related to new diagnosis - lack of understanding of medical condition and disease process. Intervention The patient needs a thorough understanding of her medical condition in order gain her attention on health education. This understanding...
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...Different definitions of Trust exists, but , according to Davis (1) “ all embody the notion of expectations: expectations by the public that health care providers will demonstrate knowledge, skill and competence; further expectations too that they will behave as true agents (that is, in the patient's best interest) and with beneficence, fairness and integrity. It is these collective expectations that form the basis of trust,” Trust determinants are difficult to identify or quantify, but the term is used in association with confidence and reliance. Despite that Oslen (2) identified two elements of trust considered important in all health policies. First, elements of trust explaining behavior and second, the concept of trust as the outcome of...
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...Popular culture is thought of as an accumulation of the most common, mainstream likes and dislikes of the majority of population, transmitted and shared through media and various means of communication. Pop culture diffuses and reaches a general audience almost immediately and could change the audience’s emotions and decisions. Their decisions consequently affect their identity. Identity has obscure definitions but generally can be thought of how a person’s behavior and actions are developed by what they interact with or avoid. The ease of which popular culture is assimilated causes an instantaneous reaction by people, which makes self representation in pop culture important to a great extent. A major factor in pop culture is social media....
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...Sociology of Health Author’s Name Institution’s Affiliation Sociology of Health The social perspective in sociology of health explains the society's view concerning health. It is a discipline that describes an illness using social factors present in daily activities of life. Sociologists show how wellness and disease, the treatment and explanation of illness production in a social organization can be understood differently from a medical perspective of nature, biology, and lifestyle in an attempt of explaining sickness (Bahar, 2013). It is a significant facet of interpreting biological information that shows the creation of health and disease in a political, social, and cultural environment. In describing various social phenomena, sociologists examine how social life impacts morbidity and mortality rates and how it alternatively influences the society. Medical sociology uses sociological theory to explain the relationship between social factors and health to define this issue and its systems (Amzat & Razum, 2014). Amzat and Razum (2014) demonstrate that it tends to separate nature from the community. It means that it illustrates how scientific knowledge mediates social relations. Moreover, medical sociology shows how the technical realm of medical practice is inconsistent with social processes in nature. It is a claim of understanding constructivism through an objective in natural science. Various studies identify the inconsistencies between current medical practice...
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...Major Goals of Psychology? * Question: What Are the Four Major Goals of Psychology? Answer: Psychology is the scientific study of the mind and behavior. While you might understand what psychology is, many people are not quite so certain about what psychology does. What purpose does psychology serve? What are its goals? The four key goals of psychology are: To Describe One of the first goals of psychology is simply to describe behavior. Through describing the behavior of humans and other animals, we are better able to understand it and gain a better perspective on what is considered normal and abnormal. Psychology researchers utilize a range of research methods to help describe behavior including naturalistic observation, case studies, correlational studies, surveys, and self-report inventories. To Explain As you might imagine, psychologists are also interested in explaining behavior in addition to merely describing it. Why do people do the things they do? What factors contribute to development, personality, social behavior, and mental health problems? Throughout psychology's history, many different theories have emerged to help explain various aspects of human behavior. A few examples of such theories including classical conditioning andattachment theories. Some theories focus on just a small aspect of human behavior (known as mini-theories), while others serve as all-encompassing theories designed to explain all of human psychology (known as grand theories). To Predict ...
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...Katragadda Social and Behavioral health Dr. Preety Gadhoke, PhD, MPH MPH-301 Reflection paper #6 Firstly, ‘Theory of reasoned action’, a model of behavioral intention prediction that spans attitude and behavior predictions. Subsequent separation of behavior from behavioral intentions allows for limiting factors’ explanation on the basis of attitudinal influence. Icek Ajzen and Martin Fishbein developed the theory of reasoned action between 1975 and 1980. This theory was derived from past studies that began as attitude theory and eventually led to behavior and attitude studies. This theory originated from frustration with the traditional behavior and attitude studies. Most studies in this field established weak correlations between the measures of attitude and volitional behaviors’ performance. Initially, the theory related to voluntary behavior but it was noticed later that the theory was not 100 percent voluntary. Under control, it later led to addition of the perceived behavioral controls. According to the theory of reasoned action, behavior of an individual is determined by their intention to perform it and that in turn, the intention is a function of their attitude towards that behavior and their subjective norm. Intention is the best behavior’s predictor. The theory suggests that cognitive representation of the readiness of an individual to perform a particular behavior is their intention. Intention is the immediate antecedent of a behavior. Three factors determine the intention...
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...include: culture, symptoms, and social norms. In addition, the view of behavior must have a reference point from the patient who views their behaviors or their expectations of the ideal behavior. Culture When examining subjects that involve normal and abnormal behavior there are many aspects that one must consider....
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...BSHS/405 December 7, 2015 Melinda Barker The purpose of this paper is to discuss the various roles and responsibilities of a case manger. I will also be explaining the important of being able to identify problem and causes of behavior using theoretical models and I will include at least one theoretical cause of problem behaviors. The last thing I will be talking about in this paper is defining special population and discussing potential issues that case managers should be prepared to address. Some of the roles of a case manager are the” CMS standards of practice for case management” (2010) conducting a comprehensive assessment of the client’s health and psychosocial needs including health literacy status and deficits, and develops a case management plan collaboratively with the client and family or caregiver. Planning with the client’s family or caregiver the primary care physician provider other health care providers the payer as well as the community to maximize health care responses quality and the cost-effective outcomes. Facilitating communication and coordination between members of the health care team involving the client in the decision making process in order to minimize fragment in the services. Education the client as well as the family members of the health care delivery team about treatment options, community resources insurance benefits psychosocial concerns and case management etc… so that timely as well as informed decision can...
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...The Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) TRA posits that individual behaviour is driven by behavioural intentions where behavioural intentions are a function of an individual's attitude toward the behaviour and subjective norms surrounding the performance of the behaviour. Attitude toward the behaviour is defined as the individual's positive or negative feelings about performing a behaviour. It is determined through an assessment of one's beliefs regarding the consequences arising from a behaviour and an evaluation of the desirability of these consequences. Formally, overall attitude can be assessed as the sum of the individual consequence x desirability assessments for all expected consequences of the behaviour. Subjective norm is defined as an individual's perception of whether people important to the individual think the behaviour should be performed. The contribution of the opinion of any given referent is weighted by the motivation that an individual has to comply with the wishes of that referent. Hence, overall subjective norm can be expressed as the sum of the individual perception x motivation assessments for all relevant referents. How the Theory of Planned Behaviour Works The theory of planned behaviour (TPB) was developed by Ajzen in 1988. The theory proposes a model which can measure how human actions are guided. It predicts the occurrence of a particular behaviour, provided that behaviour is intentional. The model is out lined in the next figure and represents...
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...material welfare of humankind (Apollo Group, 2010). Economics in health care is concerned not only with the financial aspects of the system, but how those financial elements impact patient care. Supply and Demand Supply and demand is perhaps one of the most fundamental concepts of economics and it is the backbone of a market economy. Demand refers to how much (quantity) of a product or service is desired by buyers. Supply represents how much the market can offer and the correlation between price and how much of a good or service is supplied to the market is known as the supply relationship. The demand for health care is limitless as is evidenced by the number of people who use health care services on a day to day basis. Supply, however, is limited by the availability of medical resources and the skill to administer care effectively. Macroeconomics Macroeconomics studies the economy as a whole. Macroeconomic analysis studies the roles of the government, exports and imports, consumption, investment, government taxes, and other factors in an economy. In health care, the macroeconomic market is the entire country’s health care system including the way that it performs in terms of profit, loss and efficiency. Macroeconomics of health is concerned with parallel sets of large scale system issues concerning spending for employment and other aspects of health as part of the economy. The biological health status which includes longevity, fertility and productivity are also...
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...|[pic] |Course Syllabus | | |College of Social Sciences | | |PSY/405 Version 2 | | |Theories of Personality | Copyright © 2010, 2009, 2007 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course surveys the field of personality from a scientific perspective, examining the general approaches to understanding personality. The key theorists and concepts associated with each perspective are highlighted, along with the strengths and limitations of the different approaches. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend...
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