Question

When a person dies, the "cause of death" is most often identified in terms of a particular organ system that failed (e.g., heart failure), a type of cancer (e.g., lung cancer), or perhaps a detrimental "accident" (e.g., automobile accident).
Guided by this module's background reading on Theories of Behavioral Change, discuss why reporting the "cause of death" in this manner is rather misleading. (Hint: what are the actual causes of death?) How might the fact that the reporting is different than the actual case affect how an individual approaches health behavior and changes?

Answer 1

I don't have the background module, but I will go ahead and tell you the cause of death is very general. For instance 'heart failure'. This is misleading because the actual cause could be blood clot, gun shot wound, a lifetime of McDonalds fries, cancer, etc. In order to change someone's behavior so that they avoid heart failure you would need a more precise cause of death. Don't eat fatty foods so your cholesterol stays low or stay away from high crime areas to avoid gun shot and bleeding out. Technically all death is heart failure. That's how they determine death in the hospital.

Answer 2

it will effect them and cause them death