Five pages paper.

behavior_change_final_project_guide.docx

HPER-H 263 Spring 2013 Section 27793

Behavior Change Final Project (total 100 points)

Due on May 2nd (Thursday)

Format:

Typed, double-spaced, 12-point, Times New Roman font, with 1” margins all around, stapled.

Write at least 5 pages and make an additional cover page with your name and class information on it.

Include the following information in your paper.

1. The behavior that you chose to change. (* The behavior your chose must be related to health)

Why did you choose this behavior?

2. Importance and benefits

What is the importance of changing this behavior?

What benefits will you have from behavior change?

3. Challenges

Before you change the behavior, what challenges did you anticipate?

What challenges did you actually face when you were changing your behavior?

Did you use any strategy to overcome challenges?

Were challenges easy or hard for you to overcome?

4. Your change/progress

Have you successfully modified or eliminated your behavior?

5. Reward

Did you reward yourself appropriately?

6. Resource (Website, class lecture, etc.)

Did you get any useful information that helped you on behavior change?

What is this useful information and how did this information help you?

7. Any thoughts that you want to share about your behavior change (optional)

8. References