Essay Homework
This essay is designed to provide an opportunity for you to attach the new concepts and constructs you've learning in this course to your own beliefs and experiences. In an essay format (no bullet points or incomplete sentences), write a maximum of two pages (double-spaced) addressing the following:
i. Identification of one personal health behavior that you either practice, or would like to change (i.e., exercise, smoking, alcohol consumption, regular dental visits, regular physical checkups, stress reduction practices, etc.).
ii. Explain the role you believe that the larger "causes of the causes (social determinants)" have in shaping that behavior?
iii. Explain the role that community level constructs you've learned about in this course have on that behavior?
iv. Explain the role that individual level constructs you've learned about in this course have on that behavior?
v. Discuss which constructs and levels of influence you believe had/have the strongest effect on your selected health behavior.
vi. Given your "analysis" of your own health behavior, what theory-based intervention might help you maintain or change your selected behavior?
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.