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Unrealistic Optimism and the Health Belief Model

Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 2000
Why do people fail to engage in positive behaviors which will promote their health and well-being? Researchers addressing this question adopt primarily one of two perspectives, drawing either on theories of health behavior, such as the Health Belief Model (HBM), or on theories of risk perception, such as unrealistic optimism.
V A, Clarke, H, Lovegrove, A, Williams, M, Machperson   +3 more
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Mammography Usage and the Health Belief Model

Health Education Quarterly, 1992
Regular screening mammograms for asymptomatic women are the most effective method for early detection of breast cancer. This study assessed the relative influence of Health Belief Model (HBM) constructs on prior mammography usage and the intention to obtain mammograms with data from a sample of 1,057 women over the age of 35 years residing in an urban ...
J A, Stein, S A, Fox, P J, Murata, D E, Morisky   +3 more
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Illness Attributions and The Health Belief Model

Health Education Quarterly, 1983
This paper proposes an attributional approach to the traditional Health Belief Model (HBM). It is argued that this approach has two purposes: (1) health beliefs might themselves be determined by attribution and (2) the prediction of health behavior might be sig nificantly improved by combining health beliefs with illness attribu tions.
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Reproductive health beliefs and behaviors in teens with diabetes: application of the Expanded Health Belief Model

Pediatric Diabetes, 2001
To identify significant correlates among constructs of the Expanded Health Belief Model (EHBM) with reproductive health behaviors [preventing an unplanned pregnancy and seeking preconception counseling (PC)] and metabolic control in teenaged women with type 1 diabetes.Eighty adolescent women with type 1 diabetes participated in a multisite, exploratory,
D, Charron-Prochownik, S M, Sereika, D, Becker, S, Jacober, J, Mansfield, N H, White, S, Hughes, T, Dean-McElhinny, L, Trail   +8 more
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Health Beliefs and Breast Cancer Screening in Rural Appalachia: An Evaluation of the Health Belief Model

The Journal of Rural Health, 2016
AbstractPurposeThis study explored the role of the Health Belief Model in predicting breast cancer screening among women in rural Appalachia. Health beliefs (perceived susceptibility to breast cancer, severity of breast cancer, and benefits and barriers to screening) were used to predict health behavior (mammogram frequency).MethodA total of 170 women ...
Santana D, VanDyke, Madelynn D, Shell
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An assessment of osteoporosis health beliefs based on the health belief model

International Journal of Health Promotion and Education, 2014
Osteoporosis health beliefs are components of theoretical models that predict changes in osteoporosis preventive behaviors. A literature review was conducted to assess osteoporosis health beliefs, particular those of the health belief model (HBM), such as the perceived susceptibility to osteoporosis, perceived severity of osteoporosis, perceived ...
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The health belief model and preventive health behaviour in Singapore

Social Science & Medicine, 1985
Every theoretical model in the social sciences confronts a common challenge: to maintain its explanatory power in different cultural contexts. This is, of course, only one of many challenges faced in theory building. But, this discussion shall focus only on the possibility of a cultural bias.
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The relevance of the health belief model to Australian smokers

Social Science & Medicine, 1989
The Health Belief Model is one of the few models predicting health behavior which explicitly evaluates the role of cues to action from the doctor or others. Rarely have such cues to action been examined formally by the comparison of groups receiving different interventions.
R A, Knight, D A, Hay
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The Health Belief Model and Entry into Alcoholism Treatment

International Journal of the Addictions, 1988
The Health Belief Model (HBM) was used to study alcoholism treatment utilization. In-treatment (INT) samples of male and female subjects were compared with male and female subjects in two not-in-treatment (NOT) problem-drinker groups on variables hypothesized to affect health-related behavior. Only two of the five HBM components--perceived severity and
P E, Bardsley, L J, Beckman
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Understanding the Health Belief Model

2020
Explains the Health Belief Model, which links health actions to what people believe about risk, seriousness, and whether change is worth it and possible. Describes six key concepts: perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, cues to action, and self-efficacy.
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