Health behavior
Health behavior Health behavior
4. decision that help is needed5. decision on form (type) of helpneeded6. decision on visit to a certainagent of treatment7. decision on type and degree ofcooperation with the agent oftreatment
• 3 outcomes of sickness career:• Recovery• all symptoms that initiated the treatment disappear• there is no more probability of symptoms returning• interruption of sickness career – acceptance of health role• Impairment – Disability• at the end of sickness career, the ill person does not considerhimself/herself ill any more but not completely healthy either• persons with disability have the status of minority – couldbecome objects of discrimination and stereotyping• Death• outcome of sickness career but also inevitable for any humanbeing
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4. decision that help is needed5. decision on form (type) of helpneeded6. decision on visit to a certainagent of treatment7. decision on type and degree ofcooperation with the agent oftreatment