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The health belief model

2001
© Cambridge University Press 2007.Development of the health belief model (HBM) In the 1950s US public health researchers began developing psychological models designed to enhance the effectiveness of health education programmes (Hochbaum, 1958). Demographic factors such as socio-economic status, gender, ethnicity and age were known to be associated ...
Abraham, Samuel, Sheeran, P.
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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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Critique of the health‐belief model

Journal of Advanced Nursing, 1983
Health‐related behaviour is an important issue for providers for health care. Understanding and being able to predict and influence health behaviour are all essential if client co‐operation and participation is to be obtained. Since nurses spend more time with patients than any other health care professional, they are in a position to influence health ...
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Religion and the health belief model

Journal of Religion & Health, 1991
This paper reviews the Health Belief Model (HBM) and the Religious Problem-Solving Coping Scale (RPSC) in an attempt to clarify religion's possible roles in health care actions. The HBM has been used for many years to suggest various influences on health care, including religion.
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Improvement of General Disaster Preparedness Belief Scale Based on Health Belief Model

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 2018
Abstract Introduction The Health Belief Model (HBM) can be used as a guide in enhancing the peoples’ awareness, improving the motivation, and providing tools that address beliefs and attitudes toward general disaster preparedness (GDP). Methods The aim of this study was to improve and re-test all psychometric properties ...
İNAL, EBRU, DOĞAN, NURİ
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Instrument development for health belief model constructs

Advances in Nursing Science, 1984
Research was conducted to develop valid and reliable scales to test the Health Belief Model (HBM). The dependent variable chosen for scale development was frequency of breast self-examination. Independent variables were constructs related to the HBM: susceptibility, seriousness, benefits, barriers, and health motivation. Analyses for construct validity
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Transcultural Adaptation of Champion's Health Belief Model Scales

Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 2001
Purpose: To translate to the Arabic language, adapt, and test Champion's revised Health Belief Model Scales to measure Jordanian women's beliefs about breast cancer and breast self‐examination (BSE). In Jordan, the primary site of cancer in women is the breast.
B I, Mikhail, W I, Petro-Nustas
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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. The theoretical
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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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