Description
According to Mokdad & Remington (2010), “health behaviors are a leading cause of illness and death in the United States” (p. 1). Reflecting on this statement, write a paper (3 pages) discussing the importance of being able to measure health behaviors and describing methods to assess health behaviors in a target population.
The following items in particular will be assessed:
- Discuss reasons for measuring health behaviors.
- Identify at least two methods to assess/measure smoking behaviors among adolescents in your community.
- In your opinion, do you agree or disagree that measurement of health behavior is useful for program planning. Defend your position by providing empirical evidence.
REQUIRED READING
Mokdad, A.H. & Remington, P.L. (2010 July). Measuring health behaviors in populations. Preventing Chronic Disease, 7(4), A75. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/jul/10_0010.htm
Explanation & Answer
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Running Head: HEALTH BEHAVIOR
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Health Behavior
Institutional Affiliation
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HEALTH BEHAVIOR
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Imperative research indicates that one of the fundamental reasons for measuring health
behaviors is to improve the well-being of an individual as well as improve and lead a healthyrelated life. As Mokdad and Remington (2010 July) argue; it is apparent that health behaviors are
a leading cause of illness as well as death in the United States. Based on this; the quest to
improve public health require information on the prevalence of health behaviors in populations
has become so innate that it can no longer be overlooked. While some health behaviors can be
good to the human life; other behaviors can lead to multiple illnesses as well as deaths and this
triggers the need to lead a healthy life.
Adolescence is the age of transition whereby; teenagers want to experience almost
everything that they see in movies, what their parents are doing and may concede to peer
pressure. This shows why it is important to assess/measure smoking behaviors among
adolescents in almost every community across the globe (Mokdad & Remin...