Intrapersonal/Interpersonal Intervention Design

Intrapersonal/Interpersonal Intervention Design

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Intrapersonal/Interpersonal Intervention Design

Health Status:            Obesity is one of the most common diseases often associated with heightened risks of other chromic diseases. These problems include heart diseases, diabetes and various types of cancer (Cogan 2011). Genes and environmental circumstances are the main causes of the disease. Lifestyles choices are controllable and the genetic structures can be altered as well.

Population:                The prevalence of the obese adults is mainly in African Americans and the Hispanic .This shows that the two racial grouped are the most affected with the former at 38.2% and the Hispanics at 35.4%.

Health Behavior:       Obesity is fundamentally a lifestyle disease. It mainly arises due top poor dieting practices, lack of exercises and sufficient sleep (Saavedra et al. 2014). In addition, keeping away from all the stressful things is also in the likes of Poor diet and lack of exercise. Biatricch surgery however is important in the process.

Name of Model:         The Health Belief Model (HBM)

Model Evaluation: The HBM model chosen in this case is important because is has assisted practitioners before in predicting and healing among its clients (Cogan 2011). Findings show that the model can be integrated in preventive program to ensure that patients are able to adhere to its provisions making it easier to evaluate results.

Constructs of the Health Belief Model

1. Perceived Obesity Susceptibility. Eating meals full of calories and fats is the main reason behind the possibility of growth in obesity.

2. Goal:

To increase awareness of the issues that causes obesity (Moraeus et al. 2012). In addition, one may find ways to educate on the safety measures towards treating and healing the disease.

3. Intervention: There is need to intervene and remove dangers form the probability of getting the illness. The families involved are usually sad and not many partake in vigorous exercises together (Mobasheri et al. 2012). These activities ensure that all the required aspects to protect against obesity as of major importance.

References

Cogan, J. A. (2011). The Affordable Care Act’s Preventive Services Mandate: Breaking Down the Barriers to Nationwide Access to Preventive Services. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 39(3), 355-365.

Mobasheri, F., Khalili, D., Mehrabi, Y., Hadaegh, F., Movahedi, M., Momenan, A. A., Ghanbarian, A., Zayeri, F., & Azizi, F. (2012). Effects of Lifestyle Modification Education on Prevalence of General and Central Obesity in Adults: Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study, Iran. Journal of Isfahan Medical School, 30(205), 1-15.

Mogre, V., Nyaba, R., & Aleyira, S. (2014). Lifestyle Risk Factors of General and Abdominal Obesity in Students of the School of Medicine and Health Science of the University of Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana. ISRN Otolaryngology, 1-10.

Moraeus, L., Lissner, L., Yngve, A., Poortvliet, E., Al-Ansari, U., & Sjöberg, A. (2012). Multi-level influences on childhood obesity in Sweden: societal factors, parental determinants and child’s lifestyle. International Journal of Obesity, 36(7), 969-976.

Saavedra, J. M., García-Hermoso, A., Escalante, Y., & Dominguez, A. M. (2014). Self-determined motivation, physical exercise and diet in obese children: A three-year follow-up study. International Journal of Clinical Health & Psychology, 14(3), 195-201.

Trust for America’s Health and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (2014). The State of Obesity 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2015 from http://stateofobesity.org/files/stateofobesity2014.pdf