Refer to Chapters 6 and 20 in your course book, and answer the following questions:
In Chapter 6, the authors describe the various stages of TTM. What stages do you feel to be the most critical?
What stages do you feel to be the least critical? List 2 stages for each and explain your rationale. (3-4
paragraphs).
Chapter 20 discusses the role the workplace has in changing behavior, describe ways your current workplace
or academic environment is using ways to implement behavior changes in health. Do you think these changes
are effective? Why or why not? (3-4 paragraphs)
In this assignment, please refer to the TED Talk “It’s Time to Focus on Health Prevention and Promotion” and
answer the following questions:
The speaker discusses four major factors that are attributable to approximately 60% of disease related
mortality. What are these factors? Rank these factors by order of impact on disease incidence (1-being
greatest impact; 4 being the least). Explain why you chose this ranking. (2-3 paragraphs)
What approach would you take in promoting a change in health? Come up with an initiative, describe the
community you would focus on, and explain how you would implement this initiative (3-4 paragraphs)
Preferred language style Simple (Easy vocabulary, simple grammar constructions)
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