Question

Health behavior theory draws from the following fields of study:

Answers: Sociology, Psychology, Anthropology Nursing, Medicine, Statistics Chemistry, Physics, Informatics A and B All of the above

Answer 1

The correct answer is Option e. All of the above

The study of the health behaviour is important for the prevention of disease and the management. The theories which includes under the health behaviour are the social cognitive theory, the trans theoretical model, the health belief model etc. Health behaviour is a multi level interactive approach and includes the individual risk factors, individual or population health, pathophysiological pathways, genetic factors, social relationships, living conditions , social and economic policies etc. So the health behaviour theory is a combination of several fields of knowledge such as sociology, psychology, anthropology, nusing and medicine, statistics, physics, chemistry etc. From the health behaviour of an individual we can understood the relationships between the individual and health, barriers and facilitators which influence the behaviours, developing the behavioural modification techniques, formulating the health interventions and also evaluating the effectiveness of these interventions.

All the other options are incorrect because the combination of all the fields of study are needed to formulate the health behavioural theory.