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The Health Belief Model: A Decade Later Since the last comprehensive review in 1974, the Health Belief Model (HBM) has continued to be the focus of considerable theoretical and research attention. This article presents a critical review of 29 HBM-related investigations published during the period 1974-1984, tabulates the findings from 17 studies conducted prior to 1974, and provides a summary of the total 46 HBM studies (18 pro... ...
Tập 11 Số 1 - Trang 1-47 - 1984
Social Learning Theory and the Health Belief Model The Health Belief Model, social learning theory (recently relabelled social cognitive theory), self-efficacy, and locus of control have all been applied with varying success to problems of explaining, predicting, and influencing behavior. Yet, there is con ceptual confusion among researchers and practitioners about the interrelationships of these theories and variables. This article attem... ...
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A Systems Model of Clinical Preventive Care: An Analysis of Factors Influencing Patient and Physician An ideal model for clinical preventive care must consider the physician, the patient and the many factors which influence each of them. In this paper, we review existing models, examining their strengths and weaknesses. We then propose a new model, the Systems Model of Clinical Preventive Care. This model is unique in its focus on the patient-physician interaction and details the factors ... ...
Tập 19 Số 2 - Trang 157-175 - 1992
Changing Adolescent Propensities to Use Drugs: Results from Project ALERT Do successful drug prevention programs suppress the risk factors they were intended to modify? This paper addresses that issue for Project ALERT, a school-based program for seventh and eighth graders that has been shown to curb both cigarette and marijuana use. Evaluated with over 4,000 students in an experimental test that included 30 diverse California and Oregon schools, the curriculum... ...
Tập 20 Số 2 - Trang 227-242 - 1993
Using Focus Groups to Develop Health Surveys: An Example from Research on Social Relationships and AIDS-Preventive Behavior Focus group data can inform the choice of words or phrases in a questionnaire, the construction of items to measure a given concept, the formation of new hypotheses, and the development of survey procedures. To date, few examples exist to show researchers in health behavior and health education how they might use focus groups for these purposes. This paper provides an example of group dis... ...
Tập 20 Số 3 - Trang 361-372 - 1993
Pathways to Early Cancer Detection for Latinas: En Acción Contra el Cáncer Latinas have less breast cancer, have more cervical cancer, and obtain fewer screening tests at recommended intervals. This article reviews the epidemiology and use of screening tests for these cancers and cultural factors that affect screening. En Acción Contra el Cáncer was designed to increase use of breast and cervical cancer screening services by distributing free cancer educational ... ...
Tập 23 Số 1_suppl - Trang 41-59 - 1996
Medicines and "Drugs": What Do Children Think? Sixty-four urban children grades K-6 were interviewed in an exploratory study in 1980 to provide information about children's knowledge and orientations toward medicines and abusable substances. Responses indicated children believe themselves to have considerable autonomy in medicine use — 72% said they ask for medicines, 67% get medicines for themselves and others, and 19% (more often ol... ...
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