For each section of the Health Self-Assessment in the document below, provide a substantial summary of your current health status. In each section’s summary, be sure to include any information regarding your health and lifestyle that might play a role in your overall wellness.
You will contract to change/improve one health behavior during this course. Your Health Risk Assessment can give you guidance on your choice, but ultimately the choice is yours.
Part of the contract requires you to evaluate your current “stage of change” according to the stages described by Zimmerman, Olsen, and Bosworth in the article, “A ‘Stages of Change’ Approach to Helping Patients Change Behavior.” http://www.aafp.org/afp/2000/0301/p1409.html
You will be tracking your progress toward the goals in your contract by completing journal entries for four weeks, then analyzing your motivation, successes, and obstacles in the final week of the course.
Objectives:
• Devise a personal Health Promotion contract to be used for the duration of the course.
• Discuss the Stages of Change model in relation to health behavior changes for others and self.
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