HP_Ch. 9

Chapter 9- Using Health Services

Homework Assignment

(Guideline: I am not encouraged to write a paragraph or essay. Please write in Point- Form and please note the page(s) what you find out)

Materials: Ch.9- Using Health Services P.225-252 and Research Paper “Structural Interventions to reduce and Eliminate Health Dipartites” P.572-578, Don’t USE other sources.

1. What are internal and external factors that influence symptom perceptions and healthcare system use?

	Symptom Perceptions	Healthcare System
Internal Factors
External Factors

2. What are placebos and the placebo effect?

Placebos	The Placebo Effect

3. What are common sense models of illness and lay referral systems?

Models of illness	Lay Referral Systems

4. How do they influence our engagement with the medical system?

5. What factors contribute to delay in seeking care based on the Stages in Delaying Medical Care Model?

6. What is patient-centered care versus doctor-centered care?

Patient- centered Care	Doctor- centered Care

7. Newly hired by health care clinic, what advice do you have for your boss regarding ways to increase adherence among the clinic’s patients?

8. Understand factors that contribute to adherence and noncompliance, including rational non- adherence.

Adherence	Noncompliance	Rational non- adherence

9. Write a summary of “Structural Interventions to reduce and Eliminate Health Disparities”.

10. What are the important things telling in the “Structural Interventions to reduce and Eliminate Health Disparities”? Please list out and give the page where you find.