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Trammell, Kaye. "Health Belief Model in an interactive age." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2002. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE1000169.
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Thesis (M.A.M.C.)--University of Florida, 2002.Title from title page of source document. Document formatted into pages; contains xii, 137 p.; also contains graphics. Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references.
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Merzah, Mohammed. "KNOWLEDGE AND HEALTH BELIEFS ABOUT TYPE II DIABETES AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS USING HEALTH BELIEF MODEL." OpenSIUC, 2014. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/1485.
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Background: Type II diabetes, which is known as non-insulin dependent diabetes, has become an epidemic worldwide. In the United States, diabetes affects 25.8 million people which represent 8.3% of the population. Out of 25.8 million, 23.22 million people have Type II diabetes. According to the National Statistics Vital Report, Type II diabetes was the number seven cause of death in the USA and it can be prevented. The primary purpose of this study was to assess the overall knowledge and health beliefs about Type II diabetes among a sample of undergraduate students; the second purpose was to assess the relationship between the overall knowledge and health belief subscale. Methods: A cross-sectional and descriptive survey design was used. An existing knowledge and health belief instruments was adapted. In the 2014 spring semester, a non- random convenience sample of over 200 undergraduate students who enrolled in Foundation of Human Health 101- class were surveyed in order to assess knowledge and health belief about Type II diabetes. The Health Belief Model provided the theoretical framework for this study. Results: Overview of the participants in this study was provided through conducting a descriptive analysis. Majority of the participant were female, aged between eighteen and twenty, and Caucasian. Data analysis revealed that the overall knowledge about Type II diabetes among participants was low. For the individual health beliefs, perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, and perceived barriers to Type II diabetes were low; however, perceived benefits to engaging in healthy behaviors was high. Having other problems more important than worrying about diet and exercise, and not knowing the appropriate exercise to perform to reduce the risk of developing Type II diabetes were the major barriers among participants. A positive, weak, statistically significant correlation was found between overall knowledge and total belief of benefits to engaging in healthy actions. At the same time, a negative, weak, statistically significant correlation was found between overall knowledge and total belief of barriers to engaging in health lifestyles. Results from multiple regression revealed that knowledge was best predicted by race/ethnicity. Family history, stress level, and level of exercise were the best predictors of perceived susceptibility, perceived benefits, and perceived barriers, respectively. Perceived severity was not predicted by any of the independent variables.
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Edmonds, Ellen. "Osteoporosis knowledge, beliefs, and behaviors of college students utilization of the Health Belief Model /." Thesis, [Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Libraries], 2009. http://purl.lib.ua.edu/67.
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Walker, Lori J. "Components of the health belief model and HIV testing decisions /." Electronic version (PDF), 2004. http://dl.uncw.edu/etd/2004/walkerl/loriwalker.pdf.
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Gautam, Yuba Raj. "A study of assessing knowledge and health beliefs about cardiovascular disease among selected undergraduate university students using Health Belief Model." OpenSIUC, 2012. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/567.
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Background: In the United States, Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death for both men and women. According to National Vital Statistics Report (2009), heart disease was the number one killer in the United States and it can be prevented. The primary purpose of this study was to determine knowledge and health beliefs about CVD among selected undergraduate university students and find out the potential risk of developing CVD in this population. The secondary purpose was to assess the relationship between knowledge, health beliefs, and personal risks; the tertiary purpose was to determine the factors that predict the relationship between demographic variables and cardiovascular risk factors among these students. Methods: A cross-sectional, descriptive, and correlational survey design was used in this quantitative study. An existing knowledge and health belief instrument was adapted with the permission from the authors. In the 2012 Spring semester, over 600 undergraduates from Foundation of Human Health, First Aid and CPR, Medical Terminology, Math, History, and Geography classes at a mid-western university were surveyed to access knowledge and health beliefs about CVD. The Health Belief Model provided the theoretical framework for this study. Results: Demographic data provided descriptive overview of the participants in this study. Majority of the participants were whites, lived off campus, and were domestic students. Results from data analysis revealed that overall knowledge about cardiovascular disease was low among these university students. Individual health beliefs such as perceived susceptibility, severity, and barriers regarding CVD were low; however perceived benefits of preventing CVD were found high. Most of the undergraduate university students were at potential risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Smoking and stress causing CVD were lesser known among undergraduate university students. Time to cook healthy meals and unaffordability of buying healthy foods were significant barriers in protecting cardiovascular health among university students. There was a positive statistically significant correlation between CVD knowledge, knowledge subtypes, and health belief subscales. Correlations between knowledge and health beliefs were weaker while comparing to correlation between CVD knowledge and knowledge subtypes. Race/ethnicity, age, family history, international/national, live on/off campus, and number of health classes were the better predictors of cardiovascular knowledge, while perceived barrier was the strongest predictor of health belief about CVD among undergraduate university students.
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Fernandez, Valerie L. "Quantitative Analysis of Obese Hypertensive Women and the Health Belief Model." Thesis, Capella University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10973076.
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This study utilized secondary data to understand weight-loss behaviors in obese adult women with hypertension. There are multifactorial reasons for obesity. This study attempted to clarify why people cannot lose weight and why many often regain weight. The gap in the literature relates to why the concepts such as perception of risk, benefits, and obstacles to action have not been found to cause individuals to achieve weight loss or to maintain weight loss. Secondary data were used from the NHANES dataset, a weighted dataset representative of the U.S. population. The sample used in this study included 411 obese hypertensive women over the age of 18. In all, six years of data from 2009–2014 were derived from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) dataset. Perception about the obstacles an individual confronts can be a barrier to successful weight loss. If an individual thinks success cannot be attained, efforts to lose weight will fail. Hierarchical regression analysis was used to assess the variables. The results indicated that only perception of weight acted as a cue to action for losing weight. That is, the perception of weight was the only statistically significant finding of reasons obese hypertensive women initiate weight loss efforts. Recommendations for future research include an investigation of the perception of weight status and body habitus, and to assess what triggers a poor perception of weight and body habitus as a cue to action to lose weight.
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Lewis, Kathryn S. "An examination of the Health Belief Model when applied to Diabetes mellitus." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1994. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/1826/.
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Previous research studies which have used Health Belief Model (I-IBM) dimensions in order to understand health outcomes have many problems which prevent clear and reliable conclusions about their results. Studies about diabetes-related health beliefs have proved to be no exception to this rule. The research presented here is an attempt to address some of these problems which include the lack of satisfactory scales to measure diabetes-related health beliefs, the use of heterogeneous samples of patients with different disease and regimen types, and the lack of prospective studies in which health beliefs are used to predict outcomes in the future. Another major problem which applies to all HBM research is that the relationships between the various dimensions of the model have not been determined. As such, the HBM is not a model at all but a catalogue of variables. The present research aimed to specify the relationships between the components of the HBM and attempted to integrate self-efficacy and locus of control beliefs in order to extend the model and improve the amount of outcome variance explained. Scales to measure diabetes-specific health beliefs were developed from the responses of 187 tablet-treated outpatients with Type II diabetes. Health beliefs were examined, on the one hand, in relation to other psychological and behavioural variables, and on the other, for their sensitivity to change after educational and treatment interventions. Both cross-sectional and longitudinal study designs were employed. The relationships between the HBM components themselves were explored in a linear and non-linear fashion.
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Guedes, Maria Vilani Cavalcante. "Behaviour of persons with hypertension: An analysis based on health belief model." Universidade Federal do CearÃ, 2005. http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=158.
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CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeiÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel SuperiorThe chronic sickening requires a change or acquisition on peopleâs health behavior. In hypertension the behaviors involve changes in lifestyle. The prevalence of the disease, its cardiovascular complication risks, with possibilities of temporary or permanent sequels and death by difficulty in following the treatment, has concerned researchers around the world. The aim of this study is to evaluate the behaviors and beliefs of the people who suffers from blood hypertension, according to the Health Belief Model, and to identify how these people realize the risks involved on its complication: the susceptibility and severity. A sectional study was carried out with a population of 103 adult clients. They all suffer from arterial hypertension and were subscribed in the Hypertension Control Program for at least one year, having attended a minimal of seven consultations during the year. They freely accepted to participate in the study. The data was collected from August to December 2004 in a Municipal Health Center in Fortaleza â CE. Two different forms were used. One of them based in the Health Belief Model and the other was used to classify the participants relating to their following of the treatment. The statistic analysis was made with qui-square test, the Fisher-Freman-Halton with p < 0,005 and the Pearson and Rho Spearmanâs coefficients. The results presented a group with 76.7% of women; the age of its members varied from 22 to 80 (average of 57,1 + 11,1); 29.1% of them have studied only for four years and five of them were illiterate; the average family income was of R$395,00; their diagnosis and treatment time ranged from one to 25 years and accompaniment from one to 16 years; 84.5% of them had records of cardiovascular disease in the family; 27.2% were with BMI between 18 and 24.9 kg/m2; 49 had the recommended values of waist circumference to women and men; 25.9% of the women were very good at following the treatment and 4.9% completely followed it. The group studied showed behavior that favors the following of the treatment; beliefs in the susceptibility to complications; in the disease severity; in the benefits of the treatment; in the barriers and in the stimulus to action. The results showed a statistically significant association between behavior and the following of the treatment (p=0,001); BMI (p=0,045); in the dimension severity and blood pressure < 140 x 90 mm Hg (p= 0,048 for SBP; p= 0,001 for DBP); with time of treatment (p= 0,027); following of the treatment and women waist circumference (p=0,001); following of the treatment and BMI (p=0,012); between benefits and the guidance following (p=0,001); the help of guidance during the treatment (p=0,013); the possibility of controlling blood pressure (p=0,001) and between barriers and schooling (p=0,024). The Pearson and Rho Spearmanâs coefficients showed statistically significant correlations between averages of blood pressure (SBP e DBP) (p= 0,001) and (p= 0,023) respectively; weight (p=0,010) and (p=0,007) and diagnosis time (p=0,028) and (p=0,012); the following of the treatment (p=0,000) and (p=0,000) respectively. It was concluded that the group has behaviors and beliefs related to the disease severity, the treatment benefits, and it recognizes barriers to the treatment, but they have difficulty following the treatment.
O adoecimento crÃnico requer das pessoas mudanÃa ou aquisiÃÃo de comportamentos de saÃde. No caso da hipertensÃo arterial os comportamentos envolvem mudanÃas no estilo de vida. A prevalÃncia da doenÃa, seus riscos de complicaÃÃes cardiovasculares, com possibilidades de seqÃelas transitÃrias ou permanentes e de morte pela dificuldade de adesÃo ao tratamento, tem despertado interesse de pesquisadores no mundo inteiro. Com base no Modelo de CrenÃas em SaÃde (MCS) o estudo objetivou avaliar, como se expressam as crenÃas de pessoas portadoras de hipertensÃo arterial e identificar como estas pessoas percebem os riscos de complicaÃÃes da mencionada hipertensÃo: a susceptibilidade, e a severidade da doenÃa; os benefÃcios do tratamento adequado e contÃnuo; e as barreiras enfrentadas para o seguimento do tratamento prescrito e os estÃmulos para a aÃÃo. Estudo seccional realizado com uma amostra de 103 clientes adultos, portadores de hipertensÃo arterial, inscritos no Programa de Controle de HipertensÃo Arterial hà pelo menos um ano, com comparecimento no mÃnimo a sete consultas neste ano e que aceitaram livremente participar do estudo. Coletaram-se dados de julho a dezembro de 2004, em um Centro de SaÃde municipal em Fortaleza-CE. Utilizaram-se dois formulÃrios: um baseado no Modelo de CrenÃas em SaÃde e o outro para classificar os participantes em relaÃÃo à adesÃo ao tratamento. A anÃlise estatÃstica foi realizada com teste qui-quadrado de Fisher-Fremman-Halton com p < 0,05 e os coeficientes de correlaÃÃo de Pearson e de Rho de Spearman. Os resultados mostraram um grupo com 76,7% de mulheres, cuja idade variou de 22 a 80 anos (mÃdia de 57,1 + 11,1); 29,1% com atà quatro anos de escolaridade, alÃm de cinco analfabetos, e renda familiar mÃdia de R$ 395,00; tempo de diagnÃstico e de tratamento de um a 25 anos e de acompanhamento de um a 16 anos; 84,5% tÃm histÃria familiar de doenÃa cardiovascular; 27,2% estavam com IMC entre 18 e 24,9 kg/m2; 49 com circunferÃncia da cintura nos valores recomendados para mulheres e homens; 35,9% das mulheres demonstraram adesÃo forte e 4,9% adesÃo ideal. Apresentaram comportamentos que favorecem a adesÃo ao tratamento; crenÃas na susceptibilidade Ãs complicaÃÃes; na severidade da doenÃa; nos benefÃcios do tratamento; nas barreiras e nos estÃmulos para a aÃÃo. Os resultados revelaram associaÃÃo estatisticamente significante entre comportamentos, adesÃo (p=0,001) e IMC (p=0,045); na dimensÃo severidade e controle da pressÃo arterial < 140 x 90 mm Hg (p= 0,048 para PAS ; p= 0,001 para PAD); com tempo de tratamento (p= 0,027); adesÃo e circunferÃncia da cintura de mulheres (p=0,001); adesÃo e IMC (p=0,012); na dimensÃo benefÃcios, seguimento de orientaÃÃes (p=0,001); ajuda das orientaÃÃes no tratamento (p=0,013); possibilidade de controlar a pressÃo arterial (p=0,001); na dimensÃo barreiras, escolaridade (p=0,024). Os coeficientes de Pearson e de Rho de Spearman mostraram correlaÃÃes estatisticamente significantes entre mÃdias de pressÃo arterial sistÃlica e diastÃlica (p= 0,001) e (p= 0,023), respectivamente; peso (p=0,010) e (p=0,007) e tempo de diagnÃstico (p=0,028) e (p=0,012); adesÃo (p=0,000) e (p=0,000), respectivamente. Segundo concluiu-se, o grupo tem comportamentos e crenÃas em relaÃÃo à severidade da doenÃa, aos benefÃcios do tratamento, e reconhece barreiras para o tratamento, mas nÃo consegue mostrar bom perfil de adesÃo.
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Wightman, Nicole R. "PEDIATRIC CYSTIC FIBROSIS ADHERENCE: A LOOK AT HEALTH BELIEFS." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1294720740.
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Hurley, Ann C. "Diabetes health beliefs and self care of individuals who require insulin." Thesis, Boston University, 1988. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/38049.
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Thesis (D.N.S.)--Boston UniversityPLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you.
This study investigated of the capacity of self-efficiency (SE) and the Health Belief Model (HBM) to predict diabetes self care. Research questions derived from Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory asked the associations between SE, HBM, and their interaction on reported self care (SC).
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Lee, Sang Tak. "Understanding Customers\' Healthy Eating Behavior in Restaurants using the Health Belief Model and Theory of Planned Behavior." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/50580.
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A large portion of the American public is overweight and many are classified as being obese. Obesity and unhealthy eating behavior are partially related to the increase in our society""s consumption of foods away from home. Accordingly, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suggested new menu labeling regulations to help educate customers on healthy items among menu selections. Few studies have tried to understand customers"" healthy eating behavior in restaurants. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to understand and to predict customers"" healthy eating behavior in casual dining restaurants, using the theory of planned behavior and the health belief model. The results showed that attitude toward healthy eating behavior and subjective norm positively influenced intention to engage in healthy eating behavior in casual dining restaurants while perceived behavioral control did not. For healthy eating behavior in casual dining restaurants, perceived threat, self-efficacy, response to provision of nutrition information (cue to action) were significant predictors. However, perceived benefits and barriers were not statistically significant. Also, the study found that subjective nutrition knowledge influenced customers"" response to provision of nutrition information whereas objective nutrition knowledge did not. Customers"" healthy eating behavior positively influenced their willingness to patronize a restaurant that offers healthy menu items, which means that those who try to eat healthy menu items in casual dining restaurants are willing to revisit restaurants where healthy menu choices are available and to recommend the restaurants to others. Finally, this study generated socio-demographic profiles related to healthy eating behavior in casual dining restaurants and willingness to patronize a restaurant that provides healthy menu choices. The results revealed that education levels and BMI (Body Mass Index) status influenced customers"" healthy eating behavior. Also, customers"" willingness to patronize a restaurant that provides healthy menu items differed based on gender, marital status, and education levels.
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O'Connell, Lyn Moore. "Individual Motivation To Seek Couple Therapy: An Application of the Health Belief Model." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/86842.
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Despite the well-established effectiveness of couple therapy for reducing distress and improving relationship satisfaction (Cohen, 1988; Christensen and Heavey, 1999), less than a fourth of couples seek couple therapy prior to divorce (Albrecht, Bahr, and Goodman, 1983; Wolcott, 1986). Rather, the majority of couples wait over 5 years before seeking therapy (Johnson et al., 2002). Barriers to seeking individual therapy are well established and are associated with decreased rates of therapy attendance and the negative consequences of untreated distress and mental health problems (Corrigan, 2004; Killaspy, Banerjee, King, and Lloyd, 2000; Vogel, Wade and Hackler, 2007). It is unclear as to whether the same barriers exist for individuals who are seeking couple therapy. This study examined the applicability of the Health Belief Model (HBM; Rosenstock, 1966), with the addition of demographic characteristics (gender, income, education, and religion) and contextualizing individual factors (relational distress and perceived stigma), to predict an individual in a committed relationship's (N =158) motivation to seek couple therapy. When controlling for demographic variables and contextualizing factors, the Health Belief Model factors of lower barriers and lower benefits were predictive of higher motivation to seek couple therapy. Throughout all iterations of the model, lower income and lower relational distress were also associated with higher rates of motivation to seek couple therapy. This research indicates that barriers, including high levels of relational distress, impact an individual's motivation to seek couple therapy. Further investigation of the application of the HBM factors to mental health, including research into more systemic measurements of these factors, is needed. Future research should also identify other potentially contextualizing factors, as the overall model accounted for a relatively small amount of variation in the individual's motivation to seek couple therapy.Ph. D.
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Zhu, Sheng, and 朱晟. "Effect of the health belief model in explaining HBV screening and vaccination health behaviour : a systematic review." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/193831.
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To systematically review all studies HBV screening and vaccination health behaviour according to the Health Belief Model theoretical framework including perceived susceptibility, severity, barriers and benefits, cues to action and self-efficacy.
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The literature search used PUBMED, MEDLINE, CINAHL plus, Wan Fang database, and Chinese Journal Net with English and Chinese language. About 73 studies (PUBMED: 33 MEDLINE: 10, CINAHL plus: 3, Wan Fang database: 16, Chinese journal net: 11) in total were identified; after applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 11 studies met the criteria and in the final analysis. The target group included high infection rate groups (pregnant women, unprotected sexual behaviour, and immigrant group) and illness groups (chronic Hepatitis B and Hepatitis B virus carriers).
Results and Discussion
HBV screening and vaccination behaviour were determined by perceived the susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived barriers and benefits, and cues to action. The self-efficacy was seldom designed in the questionnaire of the reviewed articles. The Health belief model was a useful model for explaining HBV screening and vaccination behaviour. Screening- and vaccination-related beliefs of the screening and vaccination vary by high risk groups. From the review more attention to self-efficacy and perceived control may improve vaccination uptake. There were contrast results with the social economic characteristics, such as age, gender, income, in determining the HBV screening and vaccination behaviour.
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As the policy maker, health care providers need to develop specific interventions paying attention to the different aspects of the Health Belief Model to improve the perceived of Hepatitis B virus.published_or_final_version
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Brown, Melissa. "Assessing Knowledge and Behavior Regarding Influenza Vaccines." The Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1281715985.
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Collins, Clare. "Correlates of breast self-examination application of the transtheoretical model of change and the health belief model /." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2005. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=ucin1116515416.
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COLLINS, CLARE. "CORRELATES OF BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION: APPLICATION OF THE TRANSTHEORETICAL MODEL OF CHANGE AND THE HEALTH BELIEF MODEL." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1116515416.
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Kunkel, Lynn Elizabeth. "The Health Belief Model as a Predictor of Gynecological Exams: Does Sexual Orientation Matter?" PDXScholar, 1995. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4943.
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Screening and early detection are essential for the management and control of most diseases. It is important for women to practice routine health care that includes both clinical and self examinations. Today, many women go without health care due to barriers which prevent them from obtaining adequate care. The present study was designed to investigate, using the Health Belief Model, whether there is a difference between heterosexual and lesbian women in obtaining gynecological exams. Responses from 23 8 participants, 70 heterosexuals and 168 lesbians, indicated that the Health Belief Model was a significant predictor of whether women complied with recommended guidelines for Pap smears. Further analyses indicated that the most predictive components of the model were self-efficacy and perceived barriers. The more self-efficacy the women reported, the more likely they were to comply; whereas, the more barriers the women reported, the less likely they were to comply. Surprisingly, there were no interactions between sexual orientation and the components of the Health BeliefModel with respect to compliance. Thus, the model predicts compliance in the same way for both lesbian and heterosexual women. The results are consistent with past research indicating that the Health Belief Model is a good predictor of health behavior for some groups. Suggestions for future studies are discussed.
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Vieux, Christina Rose. "THE ROLE OF HEALTH BELIEF MODEL CONSTRUCTS IN CONDOM USE AMONG EARLY YOUNG ADULTS." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/604.
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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) are ailments that have a social and political impact in the U.S. Since their discovery more than three decades ago, there has been an intense focus on eradicating these deadly diseases. Although there has been a lot of progress in the fight against HIV and AIDS, there are communities still disproportionately affected by it. Based on data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one such community is young adults age 20 to 24 (CDC, 2016a). These young adults are at the focal center of the HIV/AIDS epidemic for various reasons; yet, this group is often overlooked in HIV literature and prevention/intervention strategies. Additionally, this community is known for inconsistent condom use, although there have been countless public service announcements (PSAs) and interventions promoting the use of condoms as a means of preventing not only unwanted pregnancy but the contraction of sexual transmitted infections (STIs) including HIV/AIDS. The aim of the current study was to test a comprehensive moderated mediation model and assess factors associated with condom use among early young adults age 18 to 24 above and beyond known variables such as age, gender, and ethnicity/race. These variables included participants’ age of sexual debut, number of lifetime sexual partners, perceived threat of contracting STIs and HIV/AIDS, and exposure to cues to action as predictors of condom use. The decision to expand the study to assess condom use among early young adults (18 -24) as opposed to focusing exclusively on young adults (20 -24) was based on early young adults being less likely to be tested for HIV compared to other age groups (CDC, 2008). For the moderated mediation model, I drew on the health belief model (HBM) and tested whether 1) the relationship between sexual debut and condom use was mediated by number of lifetime sexual partnerships, and 2) the relationships between sexual debut and the mediator were moderated by perceived threat, and whether the relationships between the mediator and condom use was moderated by perceived threat and cues to action. The full model was not supported. The implication of this study is that more current research is needed to understand early young adults and their condom use, as they are a community that is most vulnerable to HIV/AIDS and a key component in the fight against this disease.
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Bolte, Becky J. "Using the health belief model to determine differences in university foodservice employees' beliefs and perceptions about handwashing and foodborne illness." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/16286.
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Master of ScienceDepartment of Hospitality Management and Dietetics
Elizabeth B. Barrett
The Centers for Disease Control estimates that each year 48 million Americans become ill, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die of foodborne diseases. In 2011, the CDC reported that Norovirus caused the majority of all foodborne diseases and can be eliminated with proper handwashing, which is the number one way to prevent the spread of foodborne disease. The purpose of this study was to use the Health Belief Model to determine differences in university foodservice employees’ beliefs and perceptions about handwashing and foodborne illness. The constructs of perceived susceptiblity, severity, barriers, benefits, and self-efficacy as they relate to handwashing were used to examine the differences in demographics. Instrument development included a review of literature, focus group feedback, a pilot study and a review by industry experts. The final instrument was distributed to all foodservice employees at Kansas State University using Qualtrics and pen-and-paper surveys. Frequencies, means, t-tests, ANOVA, and regression were used for data analysis and to answer research questions. Results indicated respondents who were older (above 23 years of age), full-time employees, had more than three years of experience, and were food safety certified had a higher perception of susceptibility, benefits, and self-efficacy of handwashing and its relationship to reducing foodborne illness. Perceived severity was highest among respondents with food safety certification and more than three years of experience. Supervisor/Manager category did not agree on barriers to handwashing in the workplace with other positions; however, most employees did not rate barriers as a problem. Non-white respondents showed a lower self-efficacy for ability to wash hands correctly. Results of this study highlight the need for self-efficacy focused handwashing training for first year and non-white employees.
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Hubbard, Aimee K. "Relationship help-seeking and the health belief model: how the perception of threats and expectations are associated with help-seeking behavior." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/38198.
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Master of ScienceSchool of Family Studies and Human Services
Jared R. Anderson
Couples often wait until the very end to seek help for their relationship, with divorce being one of the primary concerns cited in couple’s therapy (Doss, Simpson & Christensen, 2004). While couples appear to be reluctant to seek formal resources, we know that over 50% of individuals are confiding in friends and family about their relationship (Lind Seal, Doherty, & Harris, 2015). Currently, the literature is limited and unable to provide a comprehensive explanation for why individuals do or do not seek help for their relationship. Using an interdisciplinary approach, we adapted a medical model- the Health Belief Model (HBM)- to relationship help-seeking. Based on the success of this model at predicting help-seeking behaviors related to physical and mental health, we believe it could be applicable to relationship help-seeking. In addition to identify factors associated with relationship help-seeking behaviors, we hope to identify factors that mediate both formal and informal relationship help-seeking behaviors. To study this we collected data from 347 individuals in emotionally committed relationships. The results of the analysis showed that the perception of threats, such as greater relationship instability and greater negative social comparison, were linked to more online help-seeking; whereas expectations such as the greater endorsement of stigma of self and masculinity were linked to lower levels relationship help-seeking behaviors and worse attitudes toward help-seeking. Furthermore, greater stigma of self was found to be directly linked to having a worse attitude toward help-seeking, as well as indirectly linked to lower rates of formal and online relationship help-seeking behaviors via the prior effects of attitudes toward help-seeking. The results of this study suggest further areas for investigation in regard to relationship help-seeking, specifically around self-stigma.
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Chapman, Lambert Crystal L. "Factors Predicting Pap Smear Adherence in HIV-infected Women: Using the Health Belief Model." Scholar Commons, 2013. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4453.
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Women infected with the human immunodeficiency virus are at increased risk for developing cervical cancer. Current guidelines reflect that Pap smears should be performed twice during the first year after diagnosis with HIV and annually thereafter. However, women with HIV are not obtaining Pap smears per the current guidelines. The purpose of this study was to evaluate HIV-infected women's attitudes toward cervical cancer and cervical cancer screening. The research design is an exploratory, cross-sectional, quantitative design. The sample of convenience consisted of participants recruited from two ambulatory HIV clinics in Florida. Attitudes were assessed using Champion's Health Belief Model and Self-efficacy scales. Knowledge was evaluated with an updated HPV/Cervical Cancer Knowledge scale. Sociodemographic variables were assessed using a Demographic Data form. The results indicate that HIV-infected women in the study were not knowledgeable about HPV or cervical cancer. They did not perceive that cervical cancer was serious, nor did they feel that they were susceptible to cervical cancer. Overall, HIV-infected women were confident in their ability to request a Pap smear, and they perceived fewer barriers and more benefits to Pap smears. Despite, perceptions of fewer barriers and more benefits a chart review revealed that approximately 43% of the study participants received a Pap smear during the past year. Perceived barriers was a significant predictor of Pap smear adherence (OR = 0.93, CI: 0.90 to 0.96, p < .01). Findings from the exploratory study provide important information to clinicians and researchers that will assist in the development of effective interventions to increase Pap test adherence. Additional research is needed to further understand factors that influence cervical cancer screening in this at-risk population.
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Bonar, Erin Elizabeth. "Using the Health Belief Model to Predict Injecting Drug Users' Use of Harm Reduction." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1282833406.
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Leonard, Tina Kay 1956. "THE HEALTH BELIEF MODEL: A STUDY OF COMPLIANCE IN A VITAMIN C DISPOSITION STUDY." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/292097.
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Miller, Julie A. "Factors Influencing Influenza Vaccination of Children." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1377872672.
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Rosenberg, Anna. "Hand Hygiene Barriers faced byHealth Care Workers in The Gambia: : A Health Belief Model Approach." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Miljövetenskap, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-32255.
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Health care associated infections cause major challenges to the provision of health care. This isdue to the burden placed on individuals, their families, and health services. Hand hygiene actions are cost effective measures towards reducing the spread of health care associated infections and have proven very effective in preventing microbial transmission during patient care. It has beenproven that health care workers hands are the main routes of transmission of health care associated infections. Despite this, hand hygiene is still frequently overlooked by health careworkers especially in settings with limited resources. This paper therefore explores hand hygieneknowledge and behaviours of public and private health care workers in The Gambia with focuson the health belief model. The required information has been gathered from 4 public and 2 private health care facilities through the use of a questionnaire based on the WHO evaluation toolkit. Hand hygiene knowledge of health care workers corresponded with their hand hygiene behaviour. Inadequate hand hygiene performance was noted in many health care workers as wellas limited availability of hand hygiene resources from health care facilities. Private health care facilities provided better hand hygiene opportunities for their health care workers yet neither private nor public health care facilities offered adequate hand hygiene training and feedback on hand hygiene performances to their health care workers.
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Dempster, Nicole Renee. "A Developmental Approach to Understanding Health Beliefs in Children with Type 1 Diabetes." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1416742627.
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Robinson, Tanya Danita. "Hypertension Beliefs and Behaviors of African Americans in Seleceted Cleveland Public Housing." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1352827584.
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Musemwa, Shingisai. "Factors influencing university students' use of HIV voluntary counselling and testing services : an analysis using the health belief model." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1448.
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Human Immune Virus (HI)V /Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) has emerged as the most devastating epidemic that the world has experienced. Voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) has proven to be an effective way of preventing and controlling HIV. South African universities provide free VCT services on their campuses; however, these facilities are underused. The study’s objectives were to use the components of the health belief model (HBM) to explore and describe the factors that influenced the decision made by university students who have gone for VCT. The sample consisted of five male students. Data was collected through one-on-one in depth interviews, which were recorded. Data was analysed using thematic analysis, and the components of the HBM were used as codes for the data. Themes were generated for each component. The results indicated that perceived severity, perceived benefits and cues to action played a role in influencing the participants’ decision to go for VCT. In addition, results show that perceived susceptibility had little influence on their decision to go for VCT. Even though participants acknowledged barriers to VCT, they reported that the perceived benefits for VCT outweighed the barriers, and the decision to go for VCT was made. Participants suggested that to increase uptake of VCT on their campus, the university could improve current VCT campaigns, introduce rewards for VCT and introduce couples VCT.
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Burke, Amanda J. "An Investigation of Intimate Partner Violence Perceptions in Nine Appalachian Ohio Counties: A Health Belief Model Approach." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1429015816.
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Sternberger, Carol S. "An exploration of the health belief model, motivation and exercise related to breast self-examination." Virtual Press, 1988. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/546140.
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The focus of the research study was breast selfexamination. A randomized sample of 400 women living in Fort Wayne, Indiana and employed by a large corporation were surveyed to determine the relationship between frequency of breast self-examination and Health Belief Model variables. Susceptibility, seriousness, benefits, barriers and health motivation were measured by scales developed by Champion (1984). The instrument had been tested for reliability and validity.The variable of exercise was examined to determine if a relationship existed between exercise and frequency of breast self-examination. Individual items measured the frequency of breast self-examination and the methods of instruction.Multiple regression analysis demonstrated that the variables of barriers and seriousness accounted for 27% of the variance for prediction of breast selfexamination. An insignificant Chi Square was obtained for the relationship between exercise and breast selfexamination. No demographic variables evidenced significance with breast self-examination.The findings of the study evidenced a relationship between the Health Belief Model and breast self-examination, thus supporting the theoretical framework of the study.School of Nursing
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Moreira, Camila Brasil. "Translation and cultural adaptation of the Health Belief Model Champion's Scale into Portuguese of Brazil." Universidade Federal do CearÃ, 2016. http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=15925.
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CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeiÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel SuperiorO cÃncer de mama ainda à diagnosticado em estÃgios elevados, podendo levar a prognÃsticos como uma doenÃa incurÃvel com risco iminente de morte. Esse dado està relacionado a nÃo adesÃo ao exame mamogrÃfico que na maioria das vezes à negligenciado devido ao vasto nÃmero de mulheres que devem realizÃ-lo. A utilizaÃÃo de um instrumento especÃfico para a identificaÃÃo e o controle dessa prÃtica tem demonstrado bons resultados internacionalmente. Diante desse contexto, o presente estudo objetivou traduzir e adaptar a Champion's Health Belief Model Scale para a lÃngua portuguesa para uso no Brasil, levando em consideraÃÃes as divergÃncias culturais entre os paÃses envolvidos. Tratar-se de um estudo metodolÃgico segundo o referencial metodolÃgico de Beaton et al. (2007). O estudo se deu em 5 etapas: traduÃÃo inicial, sÃntese da traduÃÃo, traduÃÃo de volta a lÃngua corrente (back-translation), revisÃo por um comità de juÃzes e prÃ-teste da versÃo final. Nas etapas de traduÃÃes foram confeccionadas versÃes traduzidas da escala por tradutores profissionais e profissionais da saÃde com domÃnio do inglÃs as quais foram utilizadas na etapa IV, onde uma comissÃo composta por 7 juÃzes avalioua equivalÃncia semÃntica, idiomÃtica, funcional e conceitual para elaboraÃÃo da versÃo prÃ-final da escala, e a Ãltima etapa, foi o prÃ-teste realizado com 40 mulheres em uma igreja catÃlica da cidade de Fortaleza-CE no mÃs de junhode 2015. Durante aplicaÃÃo do prÃ-teste, foi possÃvel detectar palavras ouexpressÃes que causaram dÃvidas; as mesmas foram modificadas de acordo com sugestÃes das mulheres. AlÃm da versÃo prÃ-final, foi aplicado um instrumento para caracterizaÃÃo sociodemogrÃfica e clÃnica dasparticipantes. ApÃs a coleta dos dados, os mesmos foram organizados e analisados no Statistical Package for the Social Sciences(SPSS) versÃo 21.0. A versÃo prÃ-final da escala apresentou somente uma modificaÃÃo apÃs a avaliaÃÃo dos juÃzes, pois a mesma apresentou 42,9% de concordÃncia e, ao final, a escala traduzida e adaptada para o contexto brasileiro na anÃlise de confiabilidade pela consistÃncia interna apresentou coeficiente de alfa de Cronbach 0,72. Na anÃlise bivariada, as mulheres que apresentaram mÃdia total de adesÃo mais elevada, foram as que tinham idade mais avanÃada, casadas/uniÃo estÃvel e maior renda, no que concerne Ãs caracterÃsticas clÃnicas as mais adeptas sÃo portadores de doenÃas crÃnicas, com histÃria familiar de cÃncer, sem histÃria pessoal de cÃncer, sem alteraÃÃo benigna mamÃria e que apresentam os fatores de risco terapia de reposiÃÃo hormonal e nuliparidade. Conclui-se que o processo de adaptaÃÃo transcultural da Champion's Health Belief Model Scale resultou em um instrumento adaptado e confiÃvel para o contexto brasileiro.
Breast cancer is still diagnosed at higher stages, leading to predictions as an incurable disease with imminent risk of death. This data is related to non-adherence to mammography that most often is overlooked because of the large number of women who must carry it out. The use of a specific instrument for the identification and control of this practice has shown good results internationally. In this context, the present study aimed to translate and adapt the Champion's Health Belief Model Scale into Portuguese for use in Brazil, taking into consideration the cultural differences between the countries involved. Treat yourself to a methodological study according to the methodological framework of Beaton et al. (2007). The study took place in five stages: initial translation, the translation synthesis, translation back the current language (back-translation), reviewed by a committee of judges and pretesting of the final version. On the steps of translations versions were made translated scale by professional translators and health professionals with knowledge of English which were used in step IV, where a committee of seven judges avalioua semantic equivalence, idiomatic, functional and conceptual for the preparation of pre version Artwork of the scale, and the last step was the pre-test conducted with 40 women in a Catholic church in the city of Fortaleza-CE in the month of JUNE 2015. During implementation of the pre-test, it was possible to detect words that caused doubts ouexpressÃes ; they have been modified in accordance with suggestions of women. In addition to the pre-final version was applied an instrument for sociodemographic and clinical dasparticipantes. After collecting the data, they were organized and analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21.0. The scale of the pre-final version only had a change after the evaluation of the judges, since it presented 42.9% agreement and at the end, translated and adapted scale for the Brazilian context in the internal consistency reliability analysis presented coefficient Cronbach's alpha of 0.72. In the bivariate analysis, women who had total average higher membership, were those that were older, married / common-law marriage and higher income, with respect to the most adept clinical features are suffering from chronic diseases, with a family history of cancer, with no personal history of cancer without benign breast changes and that present the risk factors hormone replacement therapy and nulliparity. It is concluded that the cross-cultural adaptation process of the Health Belief Model Scale's Champion resulted in a tailored and reliable tool for the Brazilian context.
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Hou, Peijun. "Predictors of Preventive Dental Behavior Among Chinese College Students Based on the Health Belief Model." University of Dayton / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1544170334374032.
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Noggle, Richard Brendan. "Adolescent Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs toward Vaccination." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2007. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/iph_theses/31.
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Vaccination, one of public health’s greatest disease prevention tools, is broadening to focus on adolescents. Now that there are more vaccines targeted specifically for adolescents, it is time to give more focus to vaccine delivery in this population. This research will increase the knowledge base to support informed changes in adolescent vaccine delivery by identifying knowledge and attitudes of adolescents toward vaccination within the context of barriers and solutions. Perceived susceptibility to disease, benefits and barriers to vaccination and other constructs were collected through a survey to 1368 high school students. In this population, a scheduled adolescent healthcare visit is feasible, vaccine education can diminishes health misconceptions, and vaccination mandates are ways to reach some students.
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Weigand, Daniel A. (Daniel Arthur). "Validity of the Health Belief Model as a Predictor of Activity in Younger and Older Adults." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1993. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500472/.
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The present investigation assessed Health Belief Model (HBM) variables and a measure of physical activity for both younger and older adults. Results of discriminant analyses suggest HBM variables and physical activity can predict age-group membership with 89% accuracy. The younger sample (n = 88; M= 21.5 years) was significantly more anxious about aging, perceived more barriers to exercise, less control from powerful others, and more social support than the older sample (n = 56; M = 71.8 years). For the younger sample, those who perceived more benefits of exercise, had social support, were male, and were less anxious about aging were more active. For the older sample, those who perceived more benefits of exercise were more likely to be active.
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Bozad, Zadma. "An exploration of the role of families in providing primary healthcare for children." University of the Western Cape, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6701.
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Magister Artium (Child and Family Studies) - MA(CFS)Families remain a major social support system that plays a key role in the provision of primary healthcare (PHC) for children, and this role is especially important as PHC would normally take place before a child is taken to hospital for further treatment. The literature shows that although families have a direct influence on their children’s PHC, the former’s role is limited as a result of socio-economic factors such as poverty, unemployment and distance to healthcare centres. In South Africa, PHC is offered by the state but is of a lower standard than the more specialised, ‘hi-tech’ health services available in the private sector. Although the public health sector is over-stretched and under-resourced, the government has established PHC facilities in many locations throughout South Africa. This status quo requires families to play a role by knowing the locations of such facilities in order to maintain their children’s health. The provision of primary health in South Africa is a two-tiered system that requires the involvement of both families and healthcare providers. The results of the study indicated that there were various interpretations of PHC by both parents and health professionals, owing to different levels of knowledge about the concept. The lack of knowledge of the various forms of home remedies greatly affected the application of PHC in terms of a need to appreciate PHC practices in the family setting; and health professionals need to disseminate knowledge to parents on a routine basis as part of their work at hospitals. The findings furthermore suggested that parents and healthcare workers faced various challenges in the provision of PHC. The implications of the study pointed to the need for a more extensive study that engaged a high number of participants of both parents and healthcare professionals to place the results into perspective. Other implications required a concerted effort from government, parents, healthcare professionals and other stakeholders to arrive at a prudent and logical improvement of PHC in South Africa.
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Greene, Jennifer A. "Assessing Readiness to Seek Formal Mental Health Services: Development and Initial Validation of the Mental Health Belief Model Assessment (MHBMA)." Scholar Commons, 2018. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7159.
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Only a small percentage of people with mental health issues utilize mental health services. This would seem contradictory given the increasing understanding of mental disorders, their high prevalence, and associated disability and distress. Research shows that individual level factors, such as perceptions of need, mental health knowledge, mental health attitudes, and mental health literacy, are related to individuals’ decisions to seek mental health services. The Health Belief Model (HBM) posits four types of health beliefs that affect an individual’s health behavior, in this case, the decision to seek mental health services. To date, researchers and clinicians have no assessment tool to empirically identify the factors affecting a particular individual’s decision making about using mental health services. Therefore, the goal of this study was to develop and validate a self-report instrument, called the Mental Health Belief Model Assessment (MHBMA), designed to assess readiness to seek formal mental health services. Based on the HBM, the MHBMA includes 76 items grouped into five scales: Perceived Susceptibility and Fears, Perceived Severity, Perceived Benefits, Perceived Barriers, and Self-efficacy. A 20-item short form was also developed. The responses of a validation sample of 192 adults provided the initial evidence for reliability and validity of the MHBMA. In terms of reliability, internal consistency reliability was high for each scale, with Cronbach’s alphas ranging from .90 to .97, and test-retest correlation coefficients for each scale were strong, ranging from .82 to .92. Evidence for validity was examined via test content, internal structure, and relations to other variables. Specifically, moderate to high correlations in the expected directions were found between the MHBMA and Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale-Short Form and the Barriers to Help Seeking Scale. The scale scores on the MHBMA were also examined in relation to a number of demographic and service use variables. Guidelines for use and interpretation on the MHBMA, delimitations and limitations of the current study, and implications for research and practice are discussed.
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Bereolos, Nicole Margaret. "The Role of Acculturation in the Health Belief Model for Mexican-Americans with Type II Diabetes." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2007. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4001/.
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Diabetes has alarming prevalence rates not only in the U.S., but also worldwide. Ethnicity plays a large role with Hispanic-Americans having one of the highest prevalence rates. Diabetes is a complicated disease that requires significant lifestyle modifications. The health belief model (HBM) has been investigated as a theory to explain behavior change. However, little research has been done to determine its utility to Mexican-Americans. In the current study, participants were Mexican-American adults (N = 66) with type II diabetes who were recruited from family medicine clinics. Self-report questionnaires included the General Acculturation Index (GAI) and the Multidimensional Diabetes Questionnaire (MDQ). Participants had the option to complete them in either Spanish or English. Laboratory values were collected from medical charts. A MANCOVA indicated that two variables were significant, perceived severity (PS) and misguided support behaviors (MSB), p < .05. With respect to the HBM, PS was identified as a component of an individual's perception, acculturation was a modifying factor, and MSB was a component of the likelihood to change factors. These three affected glycemic control. Odds ratios determined that individuals with better glycemic control had less perceived severity and less misguided supportive behavior. Individuals with the least acculturation were more likely to have best glycemic control. Significant results were found for each of the three main columns of the model suggesting that the HBM has utility for the Hispanic-American population with type II diabetes. Results suggest that health care personnel should be aware of the ramifications of patients' perceived severity of their illness as well as the amount the "nagging" type support they receive from friends and family on glycemic control. This awareness can lead to the development of interventions aimed at improving glycemic control and the quality of life in Mexican-Americans with diabetes. Specifically, programs focused on incorporating the family may lead to improved psychosocial and educational outcomes since familial relationships are crucial in this population.
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White, Victor Nollen. "The Use of the Expanded Health Belief Model (EHBM) To Evaluate Osteoporosis Attitudes, Knowledge, Beliefs and Self Efficacy of Nez Perce Tribal and Non Nez Perce Tribal Members in Nez Perce County, ID." OpenSIUC, 2016. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1199.
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AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF VICTOR NOLLEN WHITE, for the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Health Education, presented On November 14, 2014, at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Title: THE USE OF THE EXPANDED HEALTH BELIEF MODEL (EHBM) TO EVALAUTE OSTEOPOROSIS ATTITUDES, KNOWLEDGE, BELIEFS AND SELF-EFFICACY OF NEZ PERCE TRIBAL AND NON NEZ PERCE TRIBAL MEMBERS IN NEZ PERCE COUNTY, IDAHO. Major Professor: Dr. Dhitinut Ratnapradipa According to the State of Idaho, the National Osteoporosis Foundation, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, osteoporosis is a public health concern nationally among non-Native American (NNA) and Native American (NA) populations. The purpose of this research project is to obtain written survey data on osteoporosis attitudes, knowledge, beliefs, and self-efficacy among male and female members of the Nez Perce Tribe (Nimiipuu) and non-Tribal members, aged 18 and over via voluntary completion of a written survey questionnaire based on the expanded health belief model (EHBM). The study was conducted in Nez Perce County, ID. The research involved determining whether or not there is a statistically significant difference in osteoporosis attitudes, knowledge, beliefs and self-efficacy among males and females, aged 18 and over Nez Perce Tribal members as compared to Non-Tribal members in Nez Perce County, ID. Non-Nez Perce tribal members are individuals whom are 1) Native Americans who are not members of the Nez Perce Tribe and 2) all Non-Native Americans in the research study. Exercise self-efficacy and gender seem to be the most significant variables showing evidence against the null hypotheses and in favor of the research hypothesis (Null Hypothesis: H0: Native American=Non-Native American. Research Hypothesis: H1: Native American ≠ Non-Native American). Age also shows evidence against the null hypothesis and in favor of the research hypothesis, but not as strongly as exercise and gender. Seriousness of osteoporosis was the most concern to all respondents and female Native Americans perceived the greatest barrier to preventing osteoporosis was being unable to access dietary calcium on a regular basis.
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Lodyga, Marc. "The Relationship Between Health Belief Model Constructs and Factors Influencing Cancer Self-Examinations in College Students." OpenSIUC, 2013. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/767.
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The purpose of this study is to explore college students' breast and testicular cancer self-examination beliefs and practices using constructs of the Health Belief Model. Over a 1.6 million Americans are diagnosed each year with cancer. With that, over 200,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer while nearly 8,000 men will develop testicular cancer. If cancer is diagnosed and treated in the early stages, it will greatly increase the chance of survival and quality of life. One of the easiest methods to discover cancer early is to perform self-examinations. Self-examinations are safe, quick, private, and do not require a visit to the doctor. This study will explain reasons why some college students perform breast (for women) and testicular (for men) self-examinations while others choose not to perform self-examinations. A survey of 386 (202 female and 184 male) college students was conducted at a midsize university located in the Midwest. Participants were asked to complete Champion's Health Belief Model Scale. In addition, participants were asked to complete two open-ended survey questions regarding their self-examinations beliefs and behaviors. Overall, 129 (34%) participants performed self-examinations. Of those 129, females were more likely to perform self-examinations than males. In addition, females were also more likely to be taught how to perform self-examinations. Participants were more likely to perform self-examinations if felt susceptible to developing cancer and if they felt comfortable in their ability to properly perform one. Finally, participants were also more likely to perform self-examinations if they were given a cue to action (i.e. their doctor told them to or a relative had cancer). The significance of the data will help educators and health care professionals develop health programming to address the barriers that keep college students from performing self-examinations. In particular, there needs to be tailored programming for males because they are more susceptible to developing testicular cancer during their college years than any other time in their lives. Finally, a social marketing campaign could be an easy intervention to reach the masses. A Social marketing campaign would be a beneficial way to raise awareness, educate students on cancer in college, and show the simple steps in performing self-examinations.
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Bereolos, Nicole Margaret Franks Susan F. "The role of acculturation in the health belief model for Mexican-Americans with type II diabetes." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2007. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-4001.
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Shade, Drew D. "Let's Talk About Sex: The Health Belief Model and Effects of Prime Time Television Sexual Portrayals." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32924.
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This study used the Health Belief Model to examine the effects of viewing valenced levels of consequences of sexual decision found in prime time television programs. When exposed to portrayals of negative consequences, participants had higher levels of perceived severity than those in the positive condition. After viewing positive portrayals, participants perceived an increased amount of benefits of behavior modification when compared to those who were exposed to the negative portrayals. In addition, multiple correlations were found between several individual-level variables that were tested for in the study and the HBM constructs. Theoretical implications and practical implications are discussed.Master of Arts
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Moreira, Camila Brasil. "Traduação e adaptação transculturais da Champion's Health Belief Model Scale para a língua portuguesa do Brasil." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFC, 2016. http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/14878.
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Breast cancer is still diagnosed at higher stages, leading to predictions as an incurable disease with imminent risk of death. This data is related to non-adherence to mammography that most often is overlooked because of the large number of women who must carry it out. The use of a specific instrument for the identification and control of this practice has shown good results internationally. In this context, the present study aimed to translate and adapt the Champion's Health Belief Model Scale into Portuguese for use in Brazil, taking into consideration the cultural differences between the countries involved. Treat yourself to a methodological study according to the methodological framework of Beaton et al. (2007). The study took place in five stages: initial translation, the translation synthesis, translation back the current language (back-translation), reviewed by a committee of judges and pretesting of the final version. On the steps of translations versions were made translated scale by professional translators and health professionals with knowledge of English which were used in step IV, where a committee of seven judges avalioua semantic equivalence, idiomatic, functional and conceptual for the preparation of pre version Artwork of the scale, and the last step was the pre-test conducted with 40 women in a Catholic church in the city of Fortaleza-CE in the month of JUNE 2015. During implementation of the pre-test, it was possible to detect words that caused doubts ouexpressões ; they have been modified in accordance with suggestions of women. In addition to the pre-final version was applied an instrument for sociodemographic and clinical dasparticipantes. After collecting the data, they were organized and analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21.0. The scale of the pre-final version only had a change after the evaluation of the judges, since it presented 42.9% agreement and at the end, translated and adapted scale for the Brazilian context in the internal consistency reliability analysis presented coefficient Cronbach's alpha of 0.72. In the bivariate analysis, women who had total average higher membership, were those that were older, married / common-law marriage and higher income, with respect to the most adept clinical features are suffering from chronic diseases, with a family history of cancer, with no personal history of cancer without benign breast changes and that present the risk factors hormone replacement therapy and nulliparity. It is concluded that the cross-cultural adaptation process of the Health Belief Model Scale's Champion resulted in a tailored and reliable tool for the Brazilian context.
O câncer de mama ainda é diagnosticado em estágios elevados, podendo levar a prognósticos como uma doença incurável com risco iminente de morte. Esse dado está relacionado a não adesão ao exame mamográfico que na maioria das vezes é negligenciado devido ao vasto número de mulheres que devem realizá-lo. A utilização de um instrumento específico para a identificação e o controle dessa prática tem demonstrado bons resultados internacionalmente. Diante desse contexto, o presente estudo objetivou traduzir e adaptar a Champion's Health Belief Model Scale para a língua portuguesa para uso no Brasil, levando em considerações as divergências culturais entre os países envolvidos. Tratar-se de um estudo metodológico segundo o referencial metodológico de Beaton et al. (2007). O estudo se deu em 5 etapas: tradução inicial, síntese da tradução, tradução de volta a língua corrente (back-translation), revisão por um comitê de juízes e pré-teste da versão final. Nas etapas de traduções foram confeccionadas versões traduzidas da escala por tradutores profissionais e profissionais da saúde com domínio do inglês as quais foram utilizadas na etapa IV, onde uma comissão composta por 7 juízes avalioua equivalência semântica, idiomática, funcional e conceitual para elaboração da versão pré-final da escala, e a última etapa, foi o pré-teste realizado com 40 mulheres em uma igreja católica da cidade de Fortaleza-CE no mês de junhode 2015. Durante aplicação do pré-teste, foi possível detectar palavras ouexpressões que causaram dúvidas; as mesmas foram modificadas de acordo com sugestões das mulheres. Além da versão pré-final, foi aplicado um instrumento para caracterização sociodemográfica e clínica dasparticipantes. Após a coleta dos dados, os mesmos foram organizados e analisados no Statistical Package for the Social Sciences(SPSS) versão 21.0. A versão pré-final da escala apresentou somente uma modificação após a avaliação dos juízes, pois a mesma apresentou 42,9% de concordância e, ao final, a escala traduzida e adaptada para o contexto brasileiro na análise de confiabilidade pela consistência interna apresentou coeficiente de alfa de Cronbach 0,72. Na análise bivariada, as mulheres que apresentaram média total de adesão mais elevada, foram as que tinham idade mais avançada, casadas/união estável e maior renda, no que concerne às características clínicas as mais adeptas são portadores de doenças crônicas, com história familiar de câncer, sem história pessoal de câncer, sem alteração benigna mamária e que apresentam os fatores de risco terapia de reposição hormonal e nuliparidade. Conclui-se que o processo de adaptação transcultural da Champion's Health Belief Model Scale resultou em um instrumento adaptado e confiável para o contexto brasileiro.
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Yang, Shih-Han, and 楊詩涵. "Theory of Reasoned Action and Health Belief Model In Healthy Eating Behavior." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/k2asrv.
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碩士朝陽科技大學
休閒事業管理系
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This study uses rational behavior patterns and the health belief model explores the relationship between seniors healthy eating behaviors. Through reference to the theory of rational behavior and health belief model related documentation and scales as a research tool, silver-haired ethnic group of this study over the age of 65 as the object of study, questionnaire issued 500 and 329 with recovery of 65.8, questionnaire data collection sorting to Mplus and SPSS statistical software for data analysis and processing. Pretest analysis and descriptive statistics with SPSS, and structural equation modeling to Mplus analyses. Its displayed health diet attitude more good is health diet behavior intent more high; health diet of subjective specification by give of pressure more more, is health diet behavior intent more high; perception disease threat more high is health diet behavior intent more high; diet of action clues more more is health diet behavior attitude more good; action clues more more subjective specification of degree also more high; health diet of action clues more more is perception disease threat also more high; consciously obstacles more high is health diet behavior intent more low; consciously action interests more high, Higher intentions of a healthy diet. This theory applies to silver-haired ethnic group rational behavior theory and study of health belief model in healthy eating behaviors.
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"Asian American Mental Health Help-Seeking: An Asian Value-Informed Health Belief Model." Doctoral diss., 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.64298.
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abstract: Depression is a serious mental health concern that has increasing prevalence rates in the United States (Mojtabai et al., 2016). Asian Americans with depression tend to experience severe and persistent symptoms, but are significantly less likely to seek treatment than other racial/ethnic groups (Alegria et al., 2008; Lee et al., 2011). The current study utilized the Health Belief Model (HBM) to examine Asian American emerging adults’ depression-specific mental health beliefs and resulting intentions to seek mental health care. Furthermore, the current study tested the traditional HBM against an Asian value-informed HBM via structural equation modeling among a sample of 385 Asian American emerging adults (Mage = 21.81, SDage = 2.88). Primary study results indicated good model fit for both the traditional and Asian-value informed HBMs. Specifically, in the Asian-value informed HBM, perceived benefits of professional mental health care mediated the association between Asian value adherence and likelihood of mental health help-seeking. Post hoc analyses provided support for the Asian value-informed HBM over the traditional HBM. These results suggest that Asian cultural values influence mental health beliefs and, in turn, the likelihood of mental health help-seeking behaviors among Asian Americans. The results of the current study have important implications for practice as well as future research in highlighting the impact of cultural variables on mental health beliefs and behaviors among Asian American emerging adults.Dissertation/Thesis
Doctoral Dissertation Counseling Psychology 2021
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Ke, Yih-Bih, and 柯懿嬖. "Predicting Colon Cancer Screening Behavior from Health Belief Model." Thesis, 1996. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/98574907612510856921.
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碩士國立臺灣師範大學
衛生教育學系
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This study investigated whether the Health Belief Model and Self-Efficacy theory would predict peoples'' participation in the fecal occult blood screening. The population was employed in a government enterprise. Their ages are between 40 to 65. The method adopted in this study was questionnaire survey andwe offer them the fecal occult blood screening free charge．The study acquired247 valid questionnaires.The main finding of this study were :1.A total of 166(67.2%)of the subjects who where participated in the fecal occult blood screening. 2.Results showed that perceived barriers of action, self-efficacy, and perceived benefits of action could effectively explain the subjects'' behavior to participate in the fecal occult blood screening. 3.The main information mass meaia resources about the fecal occult blood screening that subjects received such as newspaper,television,and magazine.4.The major ways to get colon cancer informations include reading newspaper, magazine, throwaway,and pamphlet.
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Yi, Du Shang, and 杜尚憶. "Explore from the Health Belief Model to Purchase Intention for Health Food." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/43997011080478995490.
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碩士亞洲大學
經營管理學系碩士在職專班
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Abstract There is variety of health food in the market now, is promotional exaggerate the effect of products, if the consumers is lack of relevant health food expertise, or buy food occurs the quality of health problems, it may damage for people health. The consumers purchase behavior of Health food is worth exploring The Health Belief Model have raised by public health scholars in early 1950s, people do not participate in was the main explanation provided by government agencies with low fees or even toll-free Independent prevention or detection of diseases of the reasons for project, Hochbaum, Kegeles, Rosenstock, Becker the social psychologists developing the revised long-term research (Rosenstock, 1974)。This study is to explore the health belief model, health food products for consumers to buy whether it affect the behavior. This study using questionnaire survey research, there is 255 valid questionnaires; the effective response rate is 87.90%. The results are as follows: 1. The status of each variable in health food consumers for health belief model The highest average is “cues to action ", and the lowest average is “product knowledge”. But generally “product knowledge” shows the lower average level, means consumer awareness of health food is still needs to be improved. 2. Demographic variables of consumers of health food for the Health Belief Model differences of each variable The “age” in behavior evaluation and brand choice dimensions, “marital status“in brand selection, product knowledge, “buying health food category“ in brand choice, “purchase of health food frequency per month“ in purchase intentions, product knowledge, “the monthly amount to purchase“ in purchase intention of health food , brand selection, product knowledge, all show the significant difference. The remaining dimensions showed no significant difference. 3. The health food consumers of health belief model for the impact of consumer behavior (1) The “perceived threat " of Health Belief Model is not positively influence consumers to buy health food "purchase intention" (2) The " cues to action " of Health Belief Model is positively influence consumers to buy health food "purchase intention" (3) The "Behavior Assessment” is not influence consumers to buy health food "purchase intention" (4) Consumers to buy health food "purchase intention" a positive impact on consumers to buy health food “brand choice” (5) Consumers to buy health food "product knowledge" will affect the consumers to buy health food “brand choice" Keywords: Health Belief Model, health food, purchase intention, product knowledge, brand choice
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Liu, Hsuan-Chien, and 劉炫見. "Explore Online Purchase Intention for Health Food- The Application of Health Belief Model." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/83kaxr.
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碩士銘傳大學
國際企業學系碩士在職專班
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There is variety of health food in the internet now, is promotional exaggerate the effect of products, if the consumers is lack of relevant health food information, it may damage for people health. The consumers to online purchase behavior of Health food are worth exploring. The Health Belief Model have raised by public health scholars in early 1950s, people do not participate in was the main explanation provided by government agencies with low fees or even toll-free Independent prevention or detection of diseases of the reasons for project, Hochbaum, Kegeles, Rosenstock, Becker the social psychologists developing the revised long-term research。This study is to explore the health belief model, health food products for consumers to online buying behavior. This study using questionnaire survey research, there is 255 valid questionnaires; the effective response rate is 84.40%.The results are as follows: 1. The each variable average in health food consumers for health belief model: The highest average is “trust ", and the lowest average is “self-efficacy”. But generally “eWOM message source credibility” shows the lower average level, means consumer awareness of health food is still needs to be improved. 2 .The variablesin in belief model that impact of consumer behavior:(1) The “perceived threat " is positively influence consumers to buy health food "purchase intention".(2) The " cues to action " is positively influence consumers to buy health food "purchase intention". (3) The "behavior assessment” is positively influence consumers to buy health food "purchase intention".(4) The " trust” is positively influence consumers to buy health food "purchase intention".(5) The " self-efficacy” is not influence consumers to buy health food "purchase intention".(6) The " purchase intention " is positively influence consumers to buy health food " purchasing decisions ".(7) The "eWOM message source credibility" is interfere from the " purchase intention " is positively influence consumers to buy health food " purchasing decisions "
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Shih, Wen-wen, and 施文文. "Using Health Belief Model to investigate factors influencing health status among university academics." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/45268507668411471534.
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碩士國立中山大學
醫務管理研究所
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From the viewpoint of the public, academic work is relatively autonomous, stable, and stress-free as opposed to other professions. However, as the societal environment evolves, high satisfaction is no more an absolute consequence of academic work. Even in comparison to other professionals, the academics experienced longer working hours and heavier occupational stress; hence the events of “Karoshi” among university academics happened from time to time. Actually, the reason resulting in “Karoshi” has been proved related to health behavior, and the health behavior also has been proved associated with health belief. Following this concept, a study based upon “health belief model” was carried out to investigate the health belief, health behavior, and health status of university academics, respectively, and the possible relationships among the aforementioned health related concepts. In total, 4,000 subjects were selected from among the 43,050 or so university academics nationwide based on stratified sampling approach. Data were collected through survey questionnaires which include personal demographics, health belief, health behavior, and health status information. From June through August 2004, 1,778 questionnaires returned with a response rate of 44.45%. SPSS was used for descriptive analysis and basic hypothesis test, and then the software package AMOS was used for structural equation modeling examination. Compared to the general population with the same age, the health status of university academics was worse in both physical and psychological function. Further, it was found that the factor work significantly contributed to each component of health belief (i.e. perceived susceptibility, perceived seriousness, perceived barriers, and perceived benefits). In terms of health behavior, although the academics had no unhealthy habits (i.e. smoking or excessive drinking), the average working hour after 10 pm was more than one hour and one in three teachers didn’t take exercise regularly, which altogether are definitely harmful to health. The structural equation modeling showed that an academic’s health belief would influence his/her health behavior and then influence the health status indirectly. In other words, positive health belief will lead to healthy status in the long run, and negative health belief will conduce to unhealthy status. To sum up, the issue on improving the health status of academics is on edge and the responsibility for taking this issue would be shouldered by teamwork— individuals, educational authorities, and public health agencies. An academic should try his/her best to improve the health; the educational authorities should assess the job loading on academic population from time to time and draw up a better educational system; and finally, the public health agency should play the role of information disseminator and catalyst for strengthening the health belief and then improving the health behavior and health status among the academics.
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Chen, Min-Hong, and 陳民虹. "An intervension study of applying health belief model in health education for osteoporosis." Thesis, 1999. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/75827494767283636362.
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碩士國立臺灣大學
流行病學研究所
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Osteoporosis is a major health problem, and health education is thought to be important to modify the risk factors for the prevention of osteoporosis, but the methods and types differ. Health belief model was applied to the health education in this study. The purposes are to investigate the effect of education program on the change of patients’ health behavior, the relationship between health behavior and the variables of health belief model, the relationship between health behavior change and the variables of health belief model. The subjects comprised 86 patients who visited osteoporotic special clinics and were grouped into intervention and control groups. A structured questionnaire was used to collect and measure patients’ demographic data, health behaviors including calcium intake、exercise、hormone usage, health motivation, prior contact with osteoporosis, cues to action to prevent osteoporosis, perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, and perceived barriers to osteoporosis. A special education program was given to modify the perceived barriers and benefits of intervention group. Three months after the intervention we collected the data about patients’ health behavior change by telephone interview. Independent samples t-test ,Pearson Chi-square test, linear regression, logistic regression and gamma correlation analysis were used. The main results were：（1）no significant differences of demographic data were found between the two groups；（2）perceived benefits and perceived barriers to milk were significantly related to patients’ milk intake；（3）age、perceived benefits to exercise、perceived barriers to exercise were significantly related to patients’ exercise behavior；（4）no variables included in our research were significantly related to patients’ hormone usage behavior；（5）at least of one kind of health behavior change occurred on 58 persons；（6）all factors were not significantly related to health behavior change except the bone mineral density examination result；（7）there were significant differences about any one behavior change between intervention and control group, but the later had higher percentage of change；（8）the bone mineral density examination results were significantly related to their calcium intake change and any one behavior change, gamma correlation analysis revealed that the more severe osteoporosis or osteopenia, the more percentage of calcium intake change and any one behavior change. The conclusions of our research are: （1）the effects of education program modified from health belief model seemed not different from usual education program；（2）perceived benefits and perceived barriers were the two most important factors related to patients’ calcium intake and exercise；（3）it may not be able to use the health belief model to predict which one would have behavior change after education；（4） encouraging patients to receive bone mineral density examination was a good method to change patients’ health behaviors.
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Nefale, Matshepo Catherine. "The health belief model and motivations for/against HIV-testing." Thesis, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/4665.
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This dissertation has made an attempt at exploring the psychological factors that motivates individuals into opting for or against undertaking an HIV-test. The Health Belief Model is used to ascertain its predictive powers towards the motivation for undertaking such a test. Literature on HIV-testing indicates non-exploration of voluntary HIV-testing, as opposed to massive reporting on mandatory HIV-testing. Therefore, the focus of this dissertation is on voluntary HIV-testing. The sample used for the study. comprised of antenatal mothers who were offered HIV/Aids education and then presented with an option of either undertaking the HIV-test, or not.
The results of the study indicate that the Health Belief Model has failed in its predictive powers towards motivations for or against HIV-testing. However, the study provided valuable psychological factors that are associated with the decision to undertake the HIV-test, which will be important for future research on HIV/Aids and on the control in the spread of the disease.Thesis (M.A.)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 1999.