Question

What is/are the most effective way/s to help someone with multiple health behavior risks change his or her behaviors? How would you apply the TTM to help someone change behaviors?

Answer 1

Some health behaviours pose risk to health which should be changed soon so as to live healthy life. Following are some of the ways:

• Motivational interviewing which intend to motivate person to change his negative health behaviour.
• Goal oriented technique to strengthen motivation.
• Social support will help to change his negative behaviour.
• By providing reward

TTM ( trans theoretical model) believes that behaviour change doesn’t occur immediately rather it is a cyclical process with certain steps. Those steps  are

1. Pre contemplation in which person doesnt consider his behaviour unhealthy.
2. contemplation in which person acknowledges his behaviour risky
3. preparation in which person decides to change behavior in coming days
4. action in which person changes his behaviour
5. Maintainence in which person has changed his behaviour and intend to keep up with that.
6. termination when person has no desire to sdopt that risky behaviour alone     therefore TTM model helps to find in which stage of behaviour change, the person is. With help of this model, stage of behaviour change can be predicted and specific interventions can be planned.