Health Beliefs Associated with Preventive Health Behaviors for COVID-19: Findings in a Sample Drawn from a Major City in Iran (Preprint)

BACKGROUND Background: To date, in the absence of effective treatment and successful vaccines, the COVID-19 pandemic has become the most important threat to public health. OBJECTIVE Objectives: This study was conducted in Saveh city, of Iran, in 2020. Of interest were how health beliefs (taken from the Health Belief’s Model [HBM]), demographic characteristics, and general health behaviors (e.g., smoking) relate to COVID-19 preventative behaviors (e.g., hand-washing). METHODS Methods: In this descriptive-analytic study, a multi-stage randomized sampling method was used and 486 people (250 males and 236 females) recruited from health centers in Saveh city, Iran, participated. Data were collected through a self-administered multi‑part questionnaire, which included sociodemographic information, health behaviors, and constructs associated with HBM. Data were analyzed using independent t-tests, ANOVA, and multiple regression in SPSS version 21. RESULTS Results: Perceived disease susceptibility (β=0.44, p<0.001), self-efficacy to enact preventative behaviors (β=0.24, p<0.01), education (β=0.20, p<0.001), non-smoking status (β=0.14, p<0.01), marital status (β=0.10, p<0.03), and perceived barriers to disease preventative behaviors (β=-0.10, p<0.04) were important predictors of prevention practices for COVID-19. Perceived susceptibility, self-efficacy, barriers, and socio-demographic constructs (education, smoking, and marital status) accounted for 61.4% (adjusted R2) of the variance associated with preventive behavior for COVID-19. CONCLUSIONS Conclusion: To improve control strategies for the COVID-19 pandemic, public health initiatives are needed to enhance perceived susceptibility to the disease and improve self-efficacy to perform preventative behaviors in spite of perceived barriers.

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Mass casualty incidents and B-Con training

Journal of Emergency Management ◽

10.5055/jem.2018.0388 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 16 (6) ◽

pp. 397

Author(s):

Jose A. Robaina, MD ◽

Scott B. Crawford, MD ◽

Diane Huerta, MPH ◽

Danielle Austin, BA ◽

Radosveta M. Wells, MD ◽

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Keyword(s):

Self Efficacy ◽

Mass Casualty ◽

Perceived Barriers ◽

Future Research ◽

Bleeding Control ◽

Post Intervention ◽

Perceived Susceptibility ◽

Perceived Severity ◽

Airway Control ◽

Perceived Benefit

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine if providing mass casualty training, utilizing the Bleeding Control for the Injured (B-Con) course would allow participants to feel more confident to provide bystander aid to wounded victims in a mass casualty incident (MCI).Design: Quasi-experimental pre-post intervention study.Setting: Participants were healthcare providers attending a trauma research conference hosted by a medical university.Interventions: Participants were given a group lecture in each of the three B-Con skill areas. These include: bleeding control with a tourniquet, bleeding control with gauze, and airway control with a jaw thrust. Participants were then divided into three groups and practiced each skill with instruction from B-Con certified trainers.Main outcomes measures: The primary outcome was scores from pre- to post-intervention in the categories of self-efficacy, perceived benefit, perceived susceptibility, perceived barriers, and perceived severity related to involvement in an MCI.Results: The study included 67 participants, all identifying as medical providers. Means in the categories of self-efficacy, perceived benefit, perceived susceptibility, perceived barriers, and perceived severity significantly increased from pre-intervention to postintervention among the paired variables.Conclusions: This study demonstrates the effectiveness of B-Con training in improving the confidence of participants. By increasing the number of persons who are trained for an MCI, there will be an increased probability that triage and immediate care will be rendered when needed. Future research needs to be completed evaluating the effect of training on a layperson study sample.

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Health Belief Associated with Adherence to Health Protocol in Preventing Coronavirus Diseases on Patients’ Family

Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences ◽

10.3889/oamjms.2021.6762 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (B) ◽

pp. 1011-1015

Author(s):

Riza Fikriana ◽

Frastiqa Fahrany ◽

Syahril Ali Rusli

Keyword(s):

Health Beliefs ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Health Belief ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Hospital Environment ◽

Perceived Benefits ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Perceived Susceptibility ◽

Significance Level ◽

Perceived Severity

BACKGROUND: Adherence with health protocols during the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is very important to prevent transmission. However, it is obtained that adherence with health protocols is still not optimal. The hospital environment is an area that is at high risk of transmission. AIM: The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between health belief and adherence with the health protocol in the patient’s family. METHODS: Quantitative research is correlated with a cross-sectional approach. The sample is the family of patients at the hospital, which was taken with simple random sampling technique as many as 100 people. Research variables include perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barrier, self-efficacy, and adherence with health protocols. Data collection was using questionnaire instruments. Data analysis was using Fisher test with a significance level of 95%. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: Fisher’s test results obtained data that there is a relationship between health belief in the dimensions of perceived susceptibility (p = 0.007), perceived severity (p = 0.027), perceived benefits (p = 0.003), perceived barriers (p = 0.021), and self-efficacy (p = 0.002) with adherence with health protocols in an effort to prevent the transmission of COVID-19. The patient’s family will be willing to implement health protocols if they have a high health belief in efforts to prevent the transmission of COVID-19. This health belief includes the belief that COVID-19 disease is easily contagious and serious; adherence will provide benefits for health. CONCLUSION: Health beliefs are significantly related to adherence with health protocols in the prevention of COVID-19 transmission in the patient’s family.

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Upaya Peningkatkan Pengetahuan Sadari Keluarga Penderita Kanker Payudara dengan Pendekatan Health Beliefe Model

Jurnal Ilmiah Keperawatan Sai Betik ◽

10.26630/jkep.v14i1.1005 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 35

Author(s):

Yuniastini Yuniastini ◽

Ratna Dewi ◽

Arif Yulinda

Keyword(s):

Survival Rate ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Relative Survival ◽

Perceived Barriers ◽

Motivating Factors ◽

Perceived Susceptibility ◽

Relative Survival Rate ◽

Perceived Seriousness ◽

Cues To Action

Kanker payudara banyak terjadi pada wanita. Di Lampung, pada tahun 2014, jumlah penderita kanker payudara adalah yang tertinggi dan sebagian besar datang pada stadium lanjut. Stadium kanker payudara saat terdiagnosis berhubungan dengan survival rate yang ditimbulkan oleh kanker tersebut. Semakin dini stadium kanker terdiagnosis maka semakin banyak penderita dengan daya tahan hidup selama lima tahun (five-year relative survival rate). Tujuan penelitian ini meningkatkan pengetahuan tentang kanker payudara dan sadari keluarga penderita kanker payudara dengan pendekatan Health Beliefe Model (HBM).Penelitian dirancang dengan pendekatan One Group Pretest-Posttest.Sampel penelitian adalah sebagian dari keluarga pasien kanker payudara dengan kriteria: merupakan keluarga pasien kanker payudara dari satu garis keturunan, berjenis kelamin perempuan, berusia ≥ 20 tahun, dalam kondisisehat dan bersedia berpartisipasi dalam penelitian berjumlah 30 orang. Media yang digunakan video, dirancang dengan pendekatan HBM, yakni dengan memasukkan konstruksi dari HBM yakni perceived seriousness, perceived susceptibility, perceive benefits,perceived barriers, cues to action, motivating factors, self-efficacy. Pengetahuan yang ditayangkan dalam media meliputi pengertian, tanda dan gejala kanker payudara, faktor resiko kanker payudara, manfaat sadari dan teknik sadari.Analisis yang digunakan Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test.Hasil penelitian diperoleh adanya perbedaan antara pengetahuan keluarga penderita kanker payudara sebelum dan sesudah diberikan perlakuan dengan pendekatan HBM (p=0,000 ; positive ranks 22). Kesimpulan, pendekatan HBM secara signifikan dapat meningkatkan pengetahuan keluarga penderita kanker payudara dan disarankan untuk diterapkan.

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Intention to Screen for Alzheimer’s Disease by Residential Locale

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17072261 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (7) ◽

pp. 2261

Author(s):

Lilah M. Besser ◽

Willa D. Brenowitz ◽

Juyoung Park ◽

Magdalena I. Tolea ◽

James E. Galvin

Keyword(s):

Alzheimer’S Disease ◽

Alzheimer's Disease ◽

Health Behaviors ◽

Psychosocial Factors ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Perceived Susceptibility ◽

Preventive Health Behaviors ◽

Dementia Screening ◽

Preventative Health ◽

Screening Intention

A random digit dialing sample from Missouri (USA) was used to compare associations between psychosocial factors and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) screening intention based on residential locale. Linear regression associations between demographics and five psychosocial constructs (dementia knowledge, perceived screening benefits, preventive health behaviors, perceived susceptibility, and self-efficacy) and screening intention were compared by residential locale. Participants (n = 932) had a mean age of 62 years (urban: n = 375; suburban: n = 319, rural: n = 238). African Americans more often lived in urban than suburban/rural neighborhoods, and more urban than suburban/rural residents reported insufficient income. Preventative health behaviors (e.g., dentist visits) were higher in urban and suburban versus rural participants. AD screening intention did not differ by residential locale. Among urban participants, self-efficacy to get screened was associated with screening intention. Among rural participants, dementia knowledge was associated with screening intention. Perceived screening benefits and perceived susceptibility to AD were associated with screening intention regardless of locale. Unlike urban participants, rural participants demonstrated greater screening intention with greater dementia knowledge. Our findings suggest that psychosocial factors associated with AD screening intention differ depending on residential locale. Strategies to increase dementia screening may need to account for regional variations to be maximally effective.

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Dampak promosi kesehatan Kawasan Tanpa Rokok di Bandara Sultan

Majalah Kedokteran Sriwijaya ◽

10.32539/mks.v49i1.8321 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 49 (1) ◽

pp. 24-33

Author(s):

Dwi Indah Lestari

Keyword(s):

Health Belief Model ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Health Belief ◽

Perceived Barriers ◽

Perceived Susceptibility ◽

Purposive Sampling ◽

Depth Interview ◽

Perceived Benefit ◽

Perceived Seriousness ◽

Belief Model

Efek buruk asap rokok lebih besar bagi perokok pasif dibandingkan perokok aktif. Oleh karena itu diperlukan langkah-langkah pengamanan rokok bagi kesehatan, diantaranya melalui penetapan Kawasan Tanpa Rokok. Bandara Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II adalah bandara internasional dan salah satu tempat Kawasan Tanpa Rokok yang memiliki sejumlah promosi kesehatan tentang Kawasan Tanpa Rokok. Penelitian ini bertujuan Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mendeskripsikan dampak promosi kesehatan kawasan tanpa rokok di Bandara Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif dengan metode in-depth interview (wawancara mendalam) dan observasi. Informan penelitian ini sebanyak 7 orang ditentukan secara purposive sampling. Analisis dampak promosi kesehatan menggunakan konsep Health-Belief Model (perceived susceptibility, perceived seriousness/severity, perceived benefit, perceived barriers, cues to action, self-efficacy). Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan metode in-depth interview (wawancara mendalam) dan observasi. Analisis dampak promosi kesehatan menggunakan konsep Health-Belief Model. Terdapat dampak dari promosi kesehatan kawasan tanpa rokok di Bandara Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II pada pekerja dan pengunjung. Persepsi kerentanan pada pekerja yaitu merasa rentan terkena sanksi KTR. Persepsi kerentanan pada pengunjung yaitu merasa rentan membahayakan kesehatan orang lain dan lingkungan. Persepsi keseriusan/keparahan pada pekerja dan pengunjung yaitu merasa berbahaya kebakaran dan mengganggu penerbangan. Persepsi manfaat pada pekerja yaitu keselamatan bandara dan penerbangan. Persepsi manfaat pada pengunjung yaitu dapat terhindar dari asap rokok. Persepsi hambatan pada pekerja dan pengunjung yaitu kecanduan, kurang kesadaran, dan kurang pemahaman mengenai KTR. Pemicu untuk bertindak pada pekerja dan pengunjung adalah teguran dari petugas. Kemampuan diri pada pekerja dan pengunjung karena memahami peraturan dan menaatinya.

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Knowledge and Determinants of Behavioral Responses to the Pandemic of COVID-19

Frontiers in Medicine ◽

10.3389/fmed.2021.673187 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 ◽

Author(s):

Gang Lv ◽

Jing Yuan ◽

Stephanie Hsieh ◽

Rongjie Shao ◽

Minghui Li

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Behaviors ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Behavioral Responses ◽

Face Mask ◽

Preventive Health ◽

Health Interventions ◽

Public Health Interventions ◽

Social Distancing ◽

Preventive Health Behaviors

Background: Understanding knowledge and behavioral responses to the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is important for appropriate public health interventions.Objectives: To assess knowledge of COVID-19 and to examine determinants associated with the adoption of preventive health behaviors among future health care providers.Methods: An anonymous online survey was sent out to pharmacy students in high and low-endemic areas of COVID-19 in China. Based on recommendations from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, preventive health behaviors examined in this study included washing hands, wearing a face mask, and maintaining social distancing. The Health Belief Model (HBM) was used and measured by a seven-point Likert scale (one as extremely unlikely; seven as extremely likely). Multivariate linear regression models were used to examine predictors of preventive health behaviors.Results: Among 203 respondents who finished the survey, a medium level of knowledge (4.41 ± 0.95) of COVID-19 was reported. Respondents were extremely likely to wear a face mask (6.85 ± 0.60), but only moderately likely to engage in washing hands (5.95 ± 1.38) and maintaining social distancing (6.19 ± 1.60). Determinants of washing hands were cue to action, self-efficacy, knowledge, and gender; wearing a face mask were cue to action, self-efficacy, knowledge, and ethnicity; and maintaining social distancing were cue to action and self-efficacy.Conclusions: Public health interventions should consider incorporating cue to action, self-efficacy, and knowledge as factors to potentially improve the adoption of face mask-wearing, hand washing, and social distancing as appropriate individual preventive measures, especially if local and regional authorities are considering reopening schools sometime in future.

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The Integrated Model of Wearable Activity Tracker Use: Exploring Health Beliefs and Obesity Information Seeking Behaviors from a Nationally Representative Sample (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.23237 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Bokyung Kim ◽

Seoyeon Hong ◽

Sungwook Kim

Keyword(s):

Health Beliefs ◽

Information Seeking ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Health Technology ◽

Integrated Model ◽

Perceived Benefits ◽

Perceived Susceptibility ◽

Activity Tracker ◽

Wearable Activity Tracker ◽

Information Seeking Behaviors

BACKGROUND Previous related studies mainly focus on the development and implementation of healthcare wearable technology, while theoretical research about adoption and actual usage of wearable activity tracker is relatively sparse. Technology acceptance model has been an only theoretical frame that dominantly explained the adoption of new health technology. OBJECTIVE This study aims to explore factors affecting wearable activity tracking device adoption and usage among both obese adults and healthy consumers from perspectives of individual health beliefs (perceived severity, perceived susceptibility, perceived benefits, and self-efficacy) and information seeking behaviors. METHODS Our Integrated Model of Wearable Activity Tracker Use (IMWAT) and proposed hypotheses were validated and tested with data collected from a population representative telephone survey (N=2006). The data was analyzed using a variety of statistical techniques including Structural Equation Modeling using R. RESULTS Our results show that perceived benefits of physical activity, perceived susceptibility and self-efficacy toward obesity are significant predictors of information seeking behavior that mediates their effects on the use of wearable activity trackers, while obesity severity perceptions directly promote the wearable device usage. CONCLUSIONS The current study offers a theoretical contribution to the extension of the HBM and information seeking literature, while also providing practical recommendations for health technology developers and communicators of public obesity prevention campaigns.

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A Comparison between the Predictors of Vaccine Uptake Intentions for Influenza and Dengue

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph15122694 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 15 (12) ◽

pp. 2694

Author(s):

Chitra Panchapakesan ◽

Anita Sheldenkar ◽

Ysa Cayabyab ◽

Janelle Ng ◽

Jiahui Lu ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Promotion ◽

Perceived Barriers ◽

Vaccine Uptake ◽

Perceived Susceptibility ◽

Perceived Severity ◽

Face To Face ◽

Key Drivers ◽

Public Health Promotion ◽

Permanent Residents

Infectious diseases have a huge health and economic burden globally. Vaccination has been found to be a crucial health intervention for diseases. The study aims to compare the drivers of vaccine uptake for influenza and dengue, and to understand the key drivers within each of the diseases in predicting vaccine uptake intentions. Data were collected from 1000 Singaporeans and Singapore permanent residents between the ages of 21 and 70 through face to face surveys. Overall, intention to get vaccinated was low for both diseases. Comparing the means between the knowledge and perceptions regarding influenza and dengue and their vaccine uptake intentions, perceived susceptibility was significantly higher for influenza than dengue; and perceived severity, knowledge of the disease, and benefits of the vaccine were significantly higher for dengue. Looking at the key drivers within the diseases, perceived susceptibility towards the diseases and benefits of the vaccine were positively associated with vaccination uptake intentions for influenza and dengue. Perceived barriers towards the vaccine were negatively associated with vaccine uptake for dengue. Programs conducted for public health promotion should focus on increasing the public’s awareness of the susceptibility and seriousness of the diseases, and the benefits of getting vaccinated.

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Toward an Understanding of the Poor Health Status of Indigenous Australian Men

Qualitative Health Research ◽

10.1177/1049732315609898 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 26 (14) ◽

pp. 1949-1960 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

David Mellor ◽

Marita McCabe ◽

Lina Ricciardelli ◽

Alex Mussap ◽

Matthew Tyler

Keyword(s):

Health Behaviors ◽

Health Beliefs ◽

Perceived Barriers ◽

Social Structures ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Participatory Action ◽

Poor Health Status ◽

Indigenous Status ◽

Indigenous Australian ◽

The Poor

The purpose of this study was to investigate perceptions of health and health behaviors among Indigenous Australian men. Using a participatory action research (PAR) framework, we conducted two focus groups and 40 individual semi-structured interviews with men between the ages of 18 and 35 years in each of three locations across Australia. We used the health beliefs model to provide a framework for the analyses. Participants recognized that their Indigenous status placed them in a vulnerable position with regard to health, and that there might be serious consequences of failing to follow a good diet and engage in appropriate exercise. However, they delineated a number of barriers to engaging in such health behaviors. These perceived barriers require addressing at a range of policy levels within government, with a focus on social structures and institutionalized discrimination, as well as unemployment, poverty, dispossession, and cultural oppression.

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Identification of factors related to behaviors associated with musculoskeletal pain among elementary students

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders ◽

10.1186/s12891-021-04413-3 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Forouzan Rezapur-Shahkolai ◽

Elham Gheysvandi ◽

Akram Karimi-Shahanjarini ◽

Leili Tapak ◽

Rashid Heidarimoghadam ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Children And Adolescents ◽

Musculoskeletal Pain ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Health Belief ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Predisposing Factors ◽

Perceived Barriers ◽

Enabling Factors ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Perceived Susceptibility

Abstract Background Musculoskeletal pains are among evident health problems in children and adolescents. Backpack carrying behaviors and the sitting postures are among behavioral factors associated with musculoskeletal pain in schoolchildren. Therefore, this study aims to identify the factors related to these important musculoskeletal behaviors, using Health Promotion Models. Methods In this cross-sectional study, a questionnaire was created based on PRECEDE Model and Health Belief Model and was administered to 673 Iranian students, whom were selected randomly from elementary schools of Hamadan, Iran, in 2018. Results The findings of the study revealed that proper sitting postures and backpack carrying were 42 and 33%, respectively. The findings also showed that predisposing factors including perceived susceptibility (p < 0.05, β = 0.219), perceived severity (p < 0.05, β = 0.166), perceived barriers (p < 0.05, β = − 0.191), perceived self-efficacy (p < 0.05, β = 0.188) and also enabling factors (p < 0.05, β = 0.329) were significantly related to sitting behaviors. Moreover, backpack carrying behaviors had significant relationships with predisposing factors of perceived susceptibility (p < 0.05, β = 0.198), perceived barriers (p < 0.05, β = − 0.258), perceived self-efficacy (p < 0.05, β = 0.185) and reinforcing factors (p < 0.05, β = 0.208). Conclusions It seems necessary for future preventive programs to take factors of musculoskeletal pains among children and adolescents into account.

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