Health science hw

Unit 3: Health Risk Assessment / Personalized Health Project

Exercise 1. The Transtheoretical Model (TTM)

· Step 1 . In the spaces at the bottom of the table, identify five (5) health areas which you perceive you need to improve. At this point, do not worry whether you have the time, energy or commitment to actually make the improvements just list your areas of greatest concern!

Table 3.1: TTM Stages and Health Areas

TTM Stages	Potential Areas of Health Improvement
Maintenance-- regularly for 6 months
Action--doing it now (usually)
Planning-- arranging time, gear, etc.
Contemplation--aware, thinking about it
Pre-contemplation—unaware, in denial, angry, resistant
Target Health Behavior Enter 5 SMART Goals in the boxes on the right	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.

· Step 2. After reviewing/discussing the stages of the Transtheoretical Model for Health Behavior, place an “X” in the box which corresponds to your current stage of change for each target health behavior. (Note: It is likely that you are in different stages for each target health behavior.)

· Step 3. After familiarizing yourself with the steps within each stage of TTM (Table 3.2), select one target behavior from the front of this worksheet (or add a new one you forgot to include!) and describe the steps you need to enact or experience in order to move to the next stage of behavior change.

Table 3.2: TTM Stages of Change

STAGE	Pre-Contemplation	Contemplation	Planning	Action	Maintenance
STEPS	Consciousness raising
	Dramatic relief
	Environmental reevaluation
	Self-reevaluation
		Self-liberation
		Information		Reinforcement management Helping relationships Counter-conditioning Stimulus control
		Feedback	Structures
			Materials
			Modifications

(Complete the following.)

"My target behavior":

"Steps I need to enact or experience in order to move to the next stage(s) of behavior change" (See steps for your TTM stage above):

· Step 4. Keep TTM and these specific steps in mind as you plan your behavior change project and complete Exercise 2.

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