3.5.1—Strategies for improving health

3.5.1 Strategies for improving health.

• fear arousal: use of fear to improve health, including a study, e.g. Janis and Feshbach (1953).
• providing information: giving information so people know how to improve their health, including a study, e.g. Lewin et al. (1992).
• Relevant issues and debates and methodology for this topic include: individual and situational explanations, cultural differences, longitudinal studies, objective and subjective data, ethics.

This matters because —strategies for improving health determines what can be inferred or chosen; begin with the stated conditions and keep the conclusion tied to the evidence.

Example: apply —strategies for improving health to one small, clearly defined case, show the key step or comparison, and explain the result in words.

Boundary: —Strategies for improving health is not a universal recommendation. Check the syllabus scope, assumptions, units and the limits of the evidence before generalising.