week 4. epidemiology

Identify one population health concern for the state or local area (Healthy People 2020 develop a plan for addressing the health concern, using a theory, including interventions and evaluation based on the theory.

State: Florida

Major Theories in Public Health and Interventions in Practice are:

• Health Belief Model

• The theory of reasoned action/planned behavior

• Transtheoretical model

• Social cognitive theory

• No single theory dominates health education and promotion.

• Different theoretical frameworks are appropriate to different situations.

• Using an approach to integrating different theories may be more beneficial.

• The theories have overlapping concepts.