Assessment of blood donation intention among medical students in Pakistan – An application of theory of planned behavior

Abstract Objectives: To explore behavioral-related factors predicting intention of getting a COVID-19 vaccine among medical and nursing students using an integrative model combining the Health Belief Model (HBM) and the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). Methods: A cross-sectional online survey was conducted among medical and nursing students aged >18 years in their clinical years in Israel between August 27 and September 28, 2020. Hierarchical logistic regression considering sociodemographic and health-related factors as well as factors derived from HBM and TPB, was used to predict intention to receive COVID-19 vaccine. Results: A total number of 628 participants completed the survey. Medical students expressed higher intentions of getting vaccinated against COVID-19 than nursing students (88.1% vs. 76.2%, p<0.01). The integrated model based on HBM and TPB was able to explain 66% of the variance (adjusted R2 = 0.66). Participants were more likely to be willing to get vaccinated if they reported higher levels of perceived susceptibility, benefits, barriers, cues to action, attitude, self-efficacy and anticipated regret. Two interaction effects revealed that male nurses had higher intention of getting vaccinated than did female nurses and that susceptibility is a predictor of the intention of getting vaccinated only among nurses. Conclusions: This study demonstrates that both models considered (i.e., HBM and TPB) are important for predicting the intention of getting a COVID-19 vaccine among medical and nursing students, and can help better guide intervention programs, based on components from both models. Our findings also highlight the importance of paying attention to a targeted group of female nurses, who expressed low vaccine acceptance. Keywords: COVID-19; Health Belief Model; Healthcare workers; Theory of Planned Behavior; Vaccine acceptance

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Investigating the intention to use technology among medical students: An application of an extended model of the theory of planned behavior

Journal of Public Affairs ◽

10.1002/pa.2460 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Vincent Ekow Arkorful ◽

Anastasia Hammond ◽

Benjamin Kweku Lugu ◽

Ibrahim Basiru ◽

Kenneth Khavwandiza Sunguh ◽

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Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Theory Of Planned Behavior ◽

Planned Behavior ◽

Intention To Use ◽

Extended Model

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An Extended Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) Used to Predict Smoking Behavior Among a Sample of Iranian Medical Students

international journal high risk behaviors & addiction ◽

10.5812/ijhrba.24715 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Mahmood Karimy ◽

Iraj Zareban ◽

Marzieh Araban ◽

Ali Montazeri

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Theory Of Planned Behavior ◽

Planned Behavior ◽

Smoking Behavior ◽

Extended Theory

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Facial-Aging Mobile Apps for Smoking Prevention in Secondary Schools in Brazil: Appearance-Focused Interventional Study (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.10234 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Breno Bernardes-Souza ◽

Francisco Patruz Ananias De Assis Pires ◽

Gustavo Moreira Madeira ◽

Túlio Felício Da Cunha Rodrigues ◽

Martina Gatzka ◽

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Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Theory Of Planned Behavior ◽

Secondary Schools ◽

Planned Behavior ◽

Mobile Phones ◽

Mobile Apps ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Smoking Prevention ◽

School Students ◽

Facial Aging

BACKGROUND Most smokers start smoking during their early adolescence, often with the idea that smoking is glamorous. Interventions that harness the broad availability of mobile phones as well as adolescents' interest in their appearance may be a novel way to improve school-based prevention. A recent study conducted in Germany showed promising results. However, the transfer to other cultural contexts, effects on different genders, and implementability remains unknown. OBJECTIVE In this observational study, we aimed to test the perception and implementability of facial-aging apps to prevent smoking in secondary schools in Brazil in accordance with the theory of planned behavior and with respect to different genders. METHODS We used a free facial-aging mobile phone app (“Smokerface”) in three Brazilian secondary schools via a novel method called mirroring. The students’ altered three-dimensional selfies on mobile phones or tablets and images were “mirrored” via a projector in front of their whole grade. Using an anonymous questionnaire, we then measured on a 5-point Likert scale the perceptions of the intervention among 306 Brazilian secondary school students of both genders in the seventh grade (average age 12.97 years). A second questionnaire captured perceptions of medical students who conducted the intervention and its conduction per protocol. RESULTS The majority of students perceived the intervention as fun (304/306, 99.3%), claimed the intervention motivated them not to smoke (289/306, 94.4%), and stated that they learned new benefits of not smoking (300/306, 98.0%). Only a minority of students disagreed or fully disagreed that they learned new benefits of nonsmoking (4/306, 1.3%) or that they themselves were motivated not to smoke (5/306, 1.6%). All of the protocol was delivered by volunteer medical students. CONCLUSIONS Our data indicate the potential for facial-aging interventions to reduce smoking prevalence in Brazilian secondary schools in accordance with the theory of planned behavior. Volunteer medical students enjoyed the intervention and are capable of complete implementation per protocol.

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