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Essay Questions for PSY 8745: Health Psychology, Summer 2018 Term 1. You are a health psychologist working in a health care setting. You are referred a patient, Thomas, for noncompliance with medical recommendations. You read the medical chart and find out that Thomas is a 59-year-old patient with Type II diabetes. Thomas is overweight, eats mostly high fat processed foods, and never exercises (all risk factors for type II diabetes by the way). His blood sugar levels are dangerously high and have stayed that way in spite of the doctor’s repeated attempts to get them down. Thomas is married and has 3 grown children. He works as a janitor at a nearby office building. Thomas’ doctor complains that his patient does not do a good job checking his insulin level and taking the right doses of insulin. He also complains that Thomas makes no attempt to lose weight, eat a low fat no sugar diet, or maintain a regular exercise program. You are asked to design an intervention to help Thomas comply with medical recommendations. Use the various theories of health behaviors for: Identification of the problem Plan of intervention 2. You are a health psychologist working in a medical/educational setting. Specifically, you are the health psychologist for the university hospital and medical center. You are in beautiful, sunny, Southern California. Recently, the dermatologists at the university health center are referring an unusually high number of students to the oncology units for melanoma, the worst type of skin cancer that usually begins in a mole. Not only is the number of melanoma cases high, but students are coming in to see the dermatologists when the melanoma has already spread to the lymph nodes, and therefore chances for survival from this deadly disease decrease dramatically. You are asked to design an intervention that will promote skin cancer prevention techniques across the campus community. Design a ‘community’ intervention, you should make sure to target groups at various levels of awareness and interest in skin cancer. Also, you should promote prevention at various stages, from prevention of skin cancer to early recognition of symptoms. 3. You have been asked by a local computer software organization to give a talk on the effects of stress on the mind and the body, as well as ways to decrease stress. This is a group of highly educated men and women, and thus you will want to include evidence of research in your talk. For this assignment, write the talk you would give as if you were actually giving it. In addition to including the research findings in your talk, you will also want to include an APA-formatted reference list.
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Thomas case
As a health psychologist, it all starts with the identification of the problem and the

reasons that Thomas is reluctant or does not want to adhere to the problems. The theories may
also differ on the severity of the condition and the age of the person that could shed light on the
cause of the behaviour change. Negative behaviour changes are costly and time-consuming to the
patient and also to the family members. For this case, I would consider several theories to help in
identification of the problem in order to recommend the best invention method.
The first theory would be Social Cognitive theory; it suggests that people will change
their adherence behaviours when they are aware of the health risk and the benefits. But also selfinfluences also contribute to change (Munro, et al., 2007). Self-efficacy includes some of the
influences that may result in negative or positive effects, material losses, and benefits. Health
belief model appraises the patient's behaviour on the balance between the barriers and the
benefits. Additionally, the perception of the victim towards the seriousness and threat of the
disease is another factor that has led to Thomas change. As mentioned by the doctor he seems
not to be serious with even measuring the insulin level neither take enough dosage. So it could be
that he does not view the disease as a serious threat to his health.
Another theory that would be suggested in this case is self-regulation perspectives which
theorize the adherence that is refocused to the patient (Hughes, 2012). It involves looking at the
past experiences of the patient of health threats and how they adapt to them. The theory assumes
people have motivated to treat illness and avoid them if they can. So the theory suggests that a
patient choice on coping strategies depends on personality, social, religious and cultural beliefs
(Hughes, 2012). From the analysis of the theories, the problem that Thomas may be leading to
the behaviour change may be caused by the perception of the threats that he is exposing himself

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to. Also, the beliefs or past experiences about the threat since he does not seem to take the threats
seriously or view them as life-threatening.
The intervention plan to help him will start with a reminder using SMS to have
suboptimal adherence to insulin intake in the right quantity (Vervloet et al., 2012). It would be
that he may forget the amount of insulin that he needs to take or even the time he should be able
to measure his blood sugar level to ensure that it does not get to extreme levels. Another
intervention...