Discussion - Prevention of AIDS
Principles of Health Behavior Change
Read about the 7 principles of health behavior change in Chapter 9 p.160-166. These are the factors that need to be considered when developing programs to educate the public about behavioral change in promoting safe sex.
1. The Cognitive Principle
2. The Emotional Principle
3. The Behavioral Principle
4. The Interpersonal Principle
5. The Social Ecological Principle
6. The Structural Principle
7. The Scientific Principle
8. Two Princples that can be used together to compliment one another.
In lieu of a full research paper, the final project for the course will be to develop an AIDS Prevention educational program. The assignment will be explained on a separate page, and the first draft won't be due until August 6th. Since the project builds on the material in Chapters 8-11 of the textbook, we will be developing it along the way. For the discussion this week, we will be practicing working with the principles above. Each of you should choose one of these principles. Explain the principle and how you would use it when developing your AIDS prevention program. At this point you don't need to have your final demographic, so you can make up a scenario for a hypothetical target demographic, use example or keep it general.
Attachment:- Assignment File - Chapter 9.rar