Week 5 Assignment Assignment: Reducing Noncompliance in Cystic Fibrosis While medical advances have

Week 5 Assignment

Assignment: Reducing
Noncompliance in Cystic Fibrosis

While medical advances have improved the life expectancy
rate of people diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, children and adolescents must
comply precisely with their medications and treatment plans for them to be
effective Noncompliance in cystic fibrosis treatments can cause decreased
pulmonary functioning and increased hospitalizations For example, the
noncompliance rates for physiotherapy treatment are approximately 60 percent,
and medication noncompliance ranges from 20–40 percent (Llorente, Bousono
Garcia, & Diaz Martin, 2008) In order to combat the high rates of
noncompliance, medical professionals have been using a variety of psychological
interventions, including psychoeducational, psychosocial, and behavioral The success
of these types of interventions, has been comparable to medical treatments For
example, nutritional interventions have been used successfully to increase
weight and caloric intake (Drotar, 2006) Although noncompliance may occur at
any age, the type of intervention used and the way it is presented will vary
based upon the age of the person Consider how you may present a behavioral
intervention to a child or adolescent

For this Assignment, imagine you are a health psychology
professional and you need to develop a behavioral intervention plan for Chelsey
when she was noncompliant as a child Although Chelsey is compliant as an
adolescent, consider her noncompliance as a child Develop a behavioral
intervention plan that she could have used as a child Review the media in this
week’s Learning Resources and consider the types of behavioral interventions
that you might have recommended to Chelsey when she was younger Reflect on the
importance of rewards systems for children in health psychology but also
remember to consider the age of the people with whom you are working Please
note that you will only view media featuring adolescents because of ethical and
legal considerations regarding the taping of younger children

Submit your Assignment by Day 7 This Assignment may be used
as the foundation for your comprehensive program due in Week 10 Please review
the Week 10 Assignment for additional details

The Assignment (2–3 pages and the behavioral chart)

Develop a behavioral intervention to improve Chelsey’s
compliance with her medical regimen including her diet, medications, and cystic
fibrosis vest use

Describe a behavioral intervention technique located in the
Learning Resources

Create a 2- to 3-page narrative including:

A brief description of Chelsey and the age you selected

A description of a rewards system you would create for
Chelsey based on that behavioral intervention technique

A justification for the use of the technique

Create a behavior chart including the target behaviors and
the specific rewards that Chelsey could earn for complying with her medical
regimen

Support your responses with the Learning Resources and
current literature