"In addition to strict HTA regulations, students sign a code of conduct committing to observe the behaviour appropriate to someone entering the medical profession and we have never had an issue," she says.
Sensitization, by contrast, refers to an increase in the probability that behaviour appropriate to a repeatedly presented stimulus will occur, even in response to another stimulus.
As the spermatozoon ascends the female tract, its motility must be finely regulated by cues from the female tract and cumulus oocyte complex, in order that the cell can deploy behaviour appropriate to its environment (Olson et al., 2011).
Psychosocial standard: Behaviour appropriate to situation.
Healthcare professionals should emphasise the broad benefits of healthy eating and physical activity, offering strategies to enable the child to incorporate healthy lifestyle behaviours appropriate to their level of ability.
This may mean acquiring behaviours appropriate to a new biological environment: when moving into a new habitat, with unknown plants and animals, it is best to eat the foods the locals eat, for one thereby avoids poisoning.
Early-matured girls may therefore face pressure to engage in behaviours appropriate to their appearance rather than their experience, coping or cognitive abilities [ 28].
To be effective, it is recommended that interventions are multicomponent and include age-appropriate nutrition and physical activity with behaviour change strategies that are developmentally appropriate to the cognitive abilities of the child and the nature of relationships in the family life cycle.
Sensitization is said to occur when the repeated presentation of a particular significant stimulus (such as food or electric shock) lowers the threshold for the elicitation of appropriate behaviour to the point where a second stimulus, not normally capable of calling forth that behaviour, now does so.
In order to focus management on the whole person and to encourage positive consumer health behaviour, appropriate post-intervention support systems, including access to health services and to appropriately skilled workforce, are recommended.
