This paper is a two part paper. Part one is about evaluating your personal health behaviors and identifying factors that affect your health behaviors. Part two is about choosing one specific personal health behavior to change. You will work on changing your health behavior and report on the process of behavior change and progress made.
Part One:
Discuss and describe three of your current health behaviors. The health behaviors you describe may be positive or negative behaviors. Be specific in your description.
Identify three (3) factors that currently affect your health behaviors. Think about factors
such as your culture, how you were raised, and your environment. Discuss/explain how these factors have affected your personal health behaviors today.
o When considering your culture think about: where you are from, where your parents are from, your friends, family and co-workers and how these influence your health behaviors either positively or negatively. Make sure to explain your answer.
Part Two:
Identify one specific personal health behavior you would like to change or improve and explain why you want to make the change.
In relation to the behavior you have chosen to change, refer to the Transtheoretical Stages of Change Model in chapter 1 and identify which stage of behavior change you are currently in. How do you know which stage you are in? Explain your answer by citing information related to the appropriate stage of change from your textbook or other reliable source.
Describe in detail the process you have gone through or are going through to change this health behavior.
What specific steps would you need to take now or in the future to maintain this behavior change?
Paper Format – The paper should:
be 2-3 pages not including a title page and reference page.
be written in essay format using college-level English. Be sure to proof read your paper.
contain an introduction and concluding paragraph.
have a 12 point font that is either Arial or Times New Roman.
have one inch margins on all sides.
be double spaced with no additional lines between paragraphs
have a separate title page.
follow conventions of standard written English and be free of spelling and grammatical
errors.
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