B Tutorial 1 - Health behaviour change

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Tutorial objectives To recognise the barriers and underlying mechanisms of changing unhealthy behaviours. To appreciate the challenges people face in changing unhealthy behaviours that often have immediate, positive and pleasurable effects, while the negative effects are often long term, less recognisable, and uncertain. Links Integrated Cases - Case 2 Health and Illness Behaviour. Early Professional Experience – Unit 1: Being a Doctor, Being a Patient. Clinical Skills - Consultation Skills tutorials. Lectures – Health Behaviour Change, Health Treatment Adherence, Motivational Interviewing Preparation for the Tutorial Read: https://www.wired.com/2012/04/the-power-of-habit/ Watch the following: How Habits Work by Charles Duhigg:

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  • To recognise the barriers and underlying mechanisms of changing unhealthy behaviours.
  • To appreciate the challenges people face in changing unhealthy behaviours that often have immediate, positive and pleasurable effects, while the negative effects are often long term, less recognisable, and uncertain.