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Identify, reflect and evaluate a personal health behaviour change in respect of the potential and actual benefits, obstacles to this change and supportive mechanisms that have/ could have helped.

Managing a personal health behaviour change

Identify, reflect and evaluate a personal health behaviour change in respect of the potential and actual benefits, obstacles to this change and supportive mechanisms that have/ could have helped.

Preparatory work

€¢    Identify a personal health behaviour that you have considered changing to improve your own health, i.e. you would like to stop smoking, have a healthier diet, take more exercise,   etc and prepare a plan of action for change

€¢    Over a period of a month, carry out this plan keeping a reflective diary on your journey each week identifying potential /actual threats to your success and what has helped you achieve success.

You should include in the main body of your assignment (1500 words):-

€¢    An introduction detailing the purpose of the assignment and the chosen health behaviour. Identify the detrimental effects (or risks) that this health behaviour has on the body and person.

€¢    Include contemporary evidence from peer reviewed journals and national guidelines to support the need for this behaviour change

€¢    Identify the health benefits of changing this behaviour would make. Describe and analyse behaviour change theory and apply this to your chosen health behaviour change

€¢    Identify factors that have helped or prevented you from succeeding and reflect on how this change has (or has not) impacted on your health €“ detail from your reflective diary can be aIDed in an appendix, thereby saving on your word count.

€¢    Your work must be supported by current, evidenced based references.