The Infectious Diseases Preventive Health Behavior Scale (ID-PHBS): Development and Validation with an African Sample

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olusola Ayandele ◽  
Samson O. Kolawole ◽  
Cristian A. Ramos-Vera ◽  
Rotimi Oguntayo ◽  
Joshua C. Gandi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Behavior ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Preventive Health ◽  
Preventive Health Behavior ◽  
Behavior Scale ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
African Sample

scholarly journals The influence of mothers' health beliefs and attitudes on prevention of infectious diseases on preventive health behaviors of late school-aged children

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 287-297
Author(s):  
Suchang Ham ◽  
Hanyi Lee
Keyword(s):  
Health Behavior ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Health Beliefs ◽  
Preventive Health ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Preventive Health Behaviors ◽  
Preventive Health Behavior ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Health Beliefs And Attitudes ◽  
Beliefs And Attitudes

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the differences in preventive health behaviors of school-age children according to their mothers' health beliefs and attitudes toward the prevention of infectious diseases. Methods: This study was conducted with 121 pairs of 4th to 6th grade elementary school children and their mothers from October 13 to October 30, 2020. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive analysis, an independent t-test, a one-way ANOVA, Sheffé’s test, Pearson’s correlation coefficient analysis and a multiple linear regression.Result: The mean and SD of mother's health belief in preventing infectious diseases was 3.58±0.41, the mean and SD of mother's attitude toward preventing infectious diseases was 3.39±0.38, and the mean and SD of late school-age children's preventive health behavior was 3.52±0.37. The multiple linear regression results show that the children's vaccination behavior was influenced by their mothers’ perceived benefits in preventing infectious diseases. In addition, the child's vitamin C and vegetable consumption was influenced by the mother's perceived susceptibility in preventing infectious diseases, and the child's mask-wearing behavior was influenced by the mother's perceived seriousness in preventing infectious diseases. Conclusion: In order to improve the health behavior of school-aged children, programs or education are required to enhance the health beliefs and attitudes of their mothers, who were shown to affect the preventive health behavior of their children.

scholarly journals Preventive Health Behavior Change Text Message Interventions: A Meta-analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 391-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashleigh A. Armanasco ◽  
Yvette D. Miller ◽  
Brianna S. Fjeldsoe ◽  
Alison L. Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Health Behavior ◽  
Behavior Change ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Text Message ◽  
Health Behavior Change ◽  
Preventive Health ◽  
Preventive Health Behavior

scholarly journals Exploring the Complex Pathways between the Fear of COVID-19 and Preventive Health Behavior among Nigerians: Mediation and Moderation Analyses

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olusola Ayandele ◽  
Cristian A. Ramos-Vera ◽  
Steven K. Iorfa ◽  
Catherine O. Chovwen ◽  
Peter O. Olapegba
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Health Behavior ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Preventive Health ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Mediation Effects ◽  
Stress Symptoms ◽  
Preventive Health Behavior ◽  
Post Traumatic

Since COVID-19 currently has no proven cure but high morbidity and mortality; many people are living in fear of the virus along with other mental health challenges induced by the lockdowns and social distancing. Hence, this study aims to provide evidence on the co-occurrence and inter-relations between the fear of COVID-19, post-traumatic stress symptoms, and psychological distress in adherence to preventive health behavior among Nigerians. It also seeks to determine whether this process differs for men and women. The sample comprised 1,172 consenting young adults (mean age = 22.9 ± 6.6 years, 54.5% females) selected using a snowball sampling technique. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to test the mediation model of post-traumatic stress symptoms and psychological distress as parallel and serial mediators of the relationship between the fear of COVID-19 and preventive health behavior. The indirect effect of the fear of COVID-19 on preventive health behavior across gender was tested using moderation analysis. Results showed that post-traumatic stress symptoms and psychological distress serially and fully, in causal order, mediated the association between the fear of COVID-19 and preventive health behavior, and gender moderated the mediation effects. The research provides evidence that the fear of COVID-19 could trigger preventive health behavior through post-traumatic stress symptoms but reduces it through psychological distress, whereas the fear of COVID-19 has a slightly more positive impact on preventive health behavior among men.

Preventive Health Behavior Advice

1987 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 394-407 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosalie Young ◽  
Eva Kahana ◽  
Melvyn Rubenfire
Keyword(s):  
Health Behavior ◽  
Preventive Health ◽  
Preventive Health Behavior

Preventive health behavior: A review of research and issues.

1983 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 277-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
John P. Kirscht
Keyword(s):  
Health Behavior ◽  
Preventive Health ◽  
Preventive Health Behavior
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