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Behavior Change Assignment/Project

This Assignment is due the Monday after Week 13 of the semester by 11 PM

1. Read the information below.
2. You will work on a behavior change throughout the class
3. Identify your change ( use assessment assignment to help you find an area of improvement)
4. Identify what stage you are in when you begin (i.e. precontemplation, action, etc)
5. State your Goal-using SMART categories
6. Record the data of your progress
7. Summarize and reflect

As discussed, making a lifestyle change is difficult. With this lab/project, you will be asked to describe the stages of change in terms of making changes in lifestyle behaviors. You will be able to identify predisposing, enabling, and reinforcing factors and be able to apply a self-management skill to the specific health behavior change of your choice. Predisposing factors are important in your pre-contemplation and contemplation stages. Enabling factors are important in the contemplation and action stages. These are factors that help you carry out your plan. Reinforcing factors are important in the maintenance stage. These include success, support from family or peers, and health professionals.

Your behavior goal is a statement of intent to perform a specific change in behavior: “I will jog each morning before class for 10 minutes”. The self-management skills are those learned by an individual to help you “stick with” or adhere to your health plan. (ie. Goal setting, identify barriers, assessment, self- reevaluation, and /or recording a log. Also, stimulus control is helpful- for example, bringing your own popcorn instead of movie popcorn or soda instead of alcohol to the party. There are also modifications, stress management, changing self-talk, teaming up with a group, or hiring help.

Remember the Stages of the Transtheoretical Behavior Change Model: pre-contemplation/indifference, Contemplation/reflection, Preparation, Action, and Maintenance.

Step 1: Get real and clarify the reason for lifestyle goal change. Important to know why you are choosing this goal.

Step 2: Identify needs and take an honest look-self assessment.

Step 3: Use the SMART acronym to set the goal of behavior change: Specific, Measurable, Actions to be done, Realistic and Timeline. For example,(S) I will eat 4 servings of vegetables 6 times per week, (M) checklist for 4 servings to be filled out each evening (A) shop for vegetables, find recipes, cook large portions on Sunday to eat all week (self-management skills), (R) I enjoy vegetables but need a goal to purchase and prepare them, (T) I will shop on Sunday, find recipes Sunday evening, prepare vegetarian chili, chop vegetables for lunch, pack vegetable juice.

Step 4: Evaluate progress through self-assessment and self-monitoring. Here you need to be able to log, or collect data.

Now, you have more information to assist and guide you through your activity!

BEHAVIOR CHANGE ASSIGNMENT #1:

1. Identify a health behavior that you feel is in need of change. Identify which stage you are currently in and discuss with your partner factors you will consider when attempting to make a change (remember as you will need to put this into your paper). You will write one paragraph or several sentences about your intended lifestyle change behaviors.

1. From here, using the SMART acronym, plan out your goal for the next week. What exactly will you do—and when—for this goal? Devise an assessment plan to collect data on your goal. At the end of the week, you will reflect on your goal and your plan and suggest possible revisions to the original plan. You are encouraged to continue this process of weekly evaluation of your behavior change throughout the length until the due date. Please scan the chapter topics and reflect an area of improvement that would benefit you. (stress reduction, nutrition, physical fitness, spiritual, drug, smoking or alcohol changes, sleep… peek at topics and evaluate what may really help you as you will be recording your data and be held accountable with this project. 🙂 Remember, it is graded for your doing it, reporting it, and the process-not the outcome. But, I do hope it can inspire an experience of “changing a behavior or habit”. This will be an amazing skill to gain if you can attempt it, apply it, and be successful! Good luck!

When you turn in your reflection results you need to have the following:

-goal behavior change

-stage of change at the onset of goal

-a paragraph about intentioned lifestyle change and predisposing factors

-your SMART plan clearly stated

-data assessment plan

-give a thorough reflection and possible revisions for future maintenance or better success