Learning Outcomes

When you have studied this session, you should be able to:

• Define and use correctly all of the key words printed in bold.
• Discuss some of the important perspectives of human behaviour in relation to health, illness, sickness and disease.
• Discuss various different explanations of illness and their role in influencing people’s health-seeking behaviour.
• Explain the application of the Health Belief Model (HBM).
• Explain the application of the theory of the Diffusion of Innovation model in health education.