BVA – Health Scenarios how beliefs, values and attitudes influence behaviours
Add the definition of a belief, a value and an attitude to the top of the table.
Then, complete the table by providing examples of beliefs, values and attitudes for the four health scenarios given. The first one has been done for you as a guide.
Behaviour A Belief is: A Value is: An Attitude is:
Practising safe sun Exposure to the sun’s UV will lead to skin Being sun-safe to protect one’s health/life I hate sunbaking it’s bad for you
protection cancer People who don’t slip, slop, slap are
Melanoma can kill you reckless
Eating a balanced diet - Can provide you with good health - Eating healthy to assure you can be active - I love to eat healthy because it
most of the time - Will give you more energy with friends and family makes me feel good
- Having access to healthy food
Adolescent choosing - Is a safe way to have sex - Using a condom will reduce the risk of a - People who don’t use condoms are
to use condoms when - Not using a condom can put you at sexually transmitted disease to protect stupid
having sex risk of sexually transmitted diseases ones health
- Everyone should use a condom - Being able to engage in safe sex
Deciding to use - The use of cannabis is irresponsible - Being safe around cannabis to protect your - Using cannabis offered to you at a
cannabis offered at a and can cause major side effects health and safety party is a foolish decision
party - People should never take drugs
offered to them no matter who it is
Answer the following questions:
Identify and describe two factors which influence the values people have about health and health behaviours.
Two factors which can influence the values people have about health and health behaviours are your family and culture. Your family can influence these values, as when
your growing up, you are building these initial core values, these values are built off and shaped around your family’s values, as when you are a child you are picking up
on many of your family’s behaviours, this leads to an influence on your values as you are building your own values off your family’s. Culture can also influence your values
due to many different cultures valuing many different things. When you grow up around a certain culture it builds your values.
Discuss how beliefs and values influence our attitude. Provide examples in your answer.
Beliefs and values influence our attitudes as this is the main factor that builds our attitudes. Someone’s beliefs and values will determine how they think, feel and act and
therefore also influencing their attitudes towards certain things. For example someone who may believe alcohol isn’t bad for your health, may also value the substance
and therefore they may have a strong attitude towards drinking alcohol.
