scholarly journals Farmers’ Perceptions, Insight Behavior and Communication Strategies for Rice Straw and Stubble Management in Thailand

Agronomy ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 200
Author(s):  
Sukanya Sereenonchai ◽  
Noppol Arunrat

The adoption of rice straw and stubble management approaches can be affected by various factors. To understand the psychological factors influencing Thai farmers’ adoption of rice straw and stubble management approaches, three integrated behavioral theories were employed: the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), the Value-Belief-Norm (VBN) and the Health Belief Model (HBM). Then, a practical communication framework was synthesized and proposed to promote rice straw utilization for social-ecological benefits to achieve more sustainable agricultural production. Through a questionnaire survey and in-depth interviews with 240 local farmers, a statistical analysis was performed employing cross-tab, stepwise multiple linear regression, one-way ANOVA and descriptive content analysis using QDA lite miner software. The key results clearly showed that perceived pro-environmental personal norms, perceived cues to rice straw utilization, perceived behavioral control, perceived severity of rice straw burning, perceived ascription of responsibility, and the perceived benefits of rice straw utilization were significantly negatively influenced by burning, and that there was a significantly negative difference to non-burning approaches. Meanwhile, cost savings as perceived benefits of the current option of burning showed a significantly positive difference when compared with incorporation and free-duck grazing options. In communication strategies to promote rice straw utilization for achieving sustainable agriculture, key messages should highlight the clear steps of rice straw utilization, as well as the costs and benefits of each option in terms of economic, health, environmental and social perspectives. Moreover, messages designed to promote action knowledge and self-efficacy at the group level, to promote perceived responsibility via self-awareness and self-commitment, and convenient channels of communication to the farmers can help to achieve more effective non-burning rice straw and stubble management.

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Triana Kesuma Dewi ◽  
Karlijn Massar ◽  
Robert A.C. Ruiter ◽  
Tino Leonardi

Background. Breast cancer has become one of the most prevalent causes of mortality among Indonesian women. Better prognosis of breast cancer will be achieved if it is diagnosed in an earlier stage, thus efforts to detect breast cancer earlier are important. Breast Self-Examination (BSE) is considered as an important first step to encourage women to actively be responsible for their own health, especially for women in developing countries with limited resources and access to other forms of preventive healthcare. The present study aimed to predict BSE behavior among women in Surabaya, Indonesia using the HBM. Methods. This investigation was a cross-sectional survey which was distributed among 1,967 women aged 20-60 years. The Indonesian version of Champion’s Health Belief Model Scale (I-CHBMS) was used to explain self-reported BSE practice. Logistic regression analysis was used to examine the association of HBM variables with BSE practice.Results Almost half of the sample (44.4%) had performed BSE. Further, the results indicated that the HBM variables were significantly associated with BSE practice. Specifically, higher perceived benefits and self-efficacy, lower perceived barriers and less cues to action were unique correlates of BSE behavior. The result also showed that perceived severity and susceptibility were not associated with BSE behavior. Conclusion. This study indicated that several HBM constructs significantly associated with BSE behavior among Indonesian women, suggesting that BSE health education programs should emphasize the perceived benefits of BSE, focus on increasing women’s self-efficacy to address and overcome perceived barriers in performing BSE, and help them in identifying personally relevant cues to action.


2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-136
Author(s):  
Niken Ariska Prawesti ◽  
Purwaningsih Purwaningsih ◽  
Ni Ketut Alit Armini

Abtract: Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) is one of the government programs to prevent trans- mission of HIV/AIDS must done by Men Sex With Men (MSM). But there are still MSM who have not utilized VCT services. This study was aimed to analyze of the factors correlating with utilization VCT in MSM based on Health Belief Model at Surabaya region. Design used analytic with cross-sectional ap- proach. The 43 samples were chosen by purposive sampling. The independent variabels were perceived susceptibility, perceived seriousness, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, and cues to action. The de- pendent variabel was utilization VCT. Data were collected by using questonnaire and alayzed by chi square test. Results showed that perceived seriousness had correlation with VCT utilization (p=0,035), perceived seriousness had correlation with VCT utilization (p=0,039), perceived benefits had correlation with VCT utilization (p=0,019), perceived barrier had correlation with VCT utilization (p=0,008) and cues to action (p=0,037) had correlation with VCT utilization. Some factors in health belief model have a correlation with VCT utilization by MSM. It is recommended to officer GAYa Nusantara Civil Society Organizations to give adequate information frequently to the high risk people of HIV/AIDS.Keyword: VCT, utilization, MSM, health belief modelAbstrak: Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) adalah suatu program pemerintah untuk mencegah penularan HIV/AIDS yang perlu dilakukan olehLelaki Suka dengan Lelaki (LSL). Namun, masih terdapat LSL yang belum memanfaatkan layanan VCT. Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis faktor yang berhubungan dengan pemanfaatan VCT oleh LSL berdasarkan Teori Health Belief Model (HBM) di wilayah Surabaya. Desain penelitian analitik dengan pendekatan cross-sectional. 43 sampel dipilih dengan purposive sam- pling. Variabel independen adalah persepsi kerentanan, persepsi keseriusan,persepsi manfaat, persepsi hambatan, dan petunjuk bertindak. Variabel dependen adalah pemanfaatan VCT. Data dikumpulkan dengan menggunakan kuesioner dan dianalisisdengan uji chi square. Hasil menunjukkan bahwa kerentanan yang dirasakan memiliki korelasi dengan pemanfaatan VCT (p = 0,035), keseriusan yang dirasakan memiliki korelasi dengan pemanfaatan VCT (p = 0,039), manfaat yang dirasakan memiliki korelasi dengan pemanfaatan VCT (p = 0,019), hambatan yang dirasakan memiliki korelasi dengan VCT pemanfaatan (p = 0,008) dan isyarat untuk bertindak (p = 0,037) memiliki korelasi dengan pemanfaatan VCT. Persepsi kerentanan, persepsi keseriusan, persepsi manfaat, persepsi hambatan, dan petunjuk bertindak memiliki korelasi dengan pemanfaatan VCT oleh LSL.Disarankan kepada LSM GAYa Nusantara untuk sering memberikan informasi kepada orang-orang berisiko tinggi HIV / AIDS.Kata kunci: VCT, LSL, HIV, HBM


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-79
Author(s):  
Ellia Ariesti ◽  
Felisitas A. Sri S ◽  
Elizabeth Y. Y. Vinsur ◽  
Kristianto D. N

ABSTRAK Proses menua sering dikaitkan dengan insiden penyakit kronik seiring dengan penurunan kondisi fisik, psikologis, maupun sosial serta berkurangnya daya tahan tubuh dalam menghadapi pengaruh luar dari ketahanan tubuhnya. Banyak permasalahan timbul dari kondisi kronis di lansia karena meningkatnya jumlah lansia. Pengontrolan maupun pencegahan menuju kondisi lebih parah dapat dilakukan melalui gaya hidup sehat. Salah satu model yang dikembangkan untuk melihat faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi tindakan seseorang untuk mencari upaya hidup sehat adalah model kepercayaan kesehatan atau Health Belief Model. Tujuan penelitian mengetahui faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi perilaku lansia dengan penyakit kronis dalam mengatasi penyakitnya berdasarkan Health Belief Model di Puskesmas. Jenis penelitian deskriptif analitik dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah lansia yang mengalami penyakit kronis di Puskesmas Bareng Kota Malang. Jumlah sampel sebanyak 76 responden. Hasil analisis menggunakan uji chi-square menunjukkan bahwa variabel perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers yang berhubungan dengan perilaku lansia (p<0.05). Hasil model akhir analisis multivariat, variabel perceived barriers merupakan variabel yang berhubungan dengan perilaku lansia yang menderita penyakit kronis. Dukungan individu lain terhadap lansia mulai dari mereka yang tinggal bersama maupun oleh aparat penduduk setempat untuk meminimalkan atau menghilangkan rintangan mesti dilakukan agar kualitas hidup lansia dengan penyakit kronis dapat optimal. Kata Kunci       : Health Belief Model, Penyakit Kronis, Perilaku Lansia


2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-228
Author(s):  
Yi-Cheng Hou ◽  
Jing-Hui Wu ◽  
Ching-Feng Cheng ◽  
Chan-Yen Kuo ◽  
I-Shiang Tzeng

A health belief model is used to evaluate people's beliefs about health problems and predict engagement in health-promoting behaviors. Overweight and obesity are health problems that could be corrected by healthier diet. Eighty-seven employees of the Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital participated in a month-long program that offered 500-calorie vegetarian meals. The health belief model questionnaire was designed and administered. Body composition (weight, body mass index, body fat, body water, and muscle mass) was measured weekly. Additionally, the number of meals taken and visits to nutrition consultants were analyzed. Overall, a higher perceived susceptibility was related to a decrease in weight, body fat, and muscle. Higher perceived benefits or higher perceived barriers were both related to a decrease in weight and body fat, but to an increase in body water and muscle. In the overweight or obese group, a significant correlation was found between perceived barriers and weight. No significant relationship was found between the health belief model and the total number of meals or number of visits to nutrition consultants. Perceived benefits and barriers were significantly related to changes in weight, body fat, body water, and muscle. With vegetarian meal plans as the cue for action, the health belief model can be utilized to predict changes in body composition.


Author(s):  
Yachao Li ◽  
Bo Yang ◽  
Bryan Chen

This research includes two studies testing whether the Health Belief Model (HBM) constructs predict tobacco use intentions differently between heterosexual and lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people. Focusing on cigarette smoking, Study 1 (n = 1808 U.S. adult current smokers) found that the perceived health threat and perceived benefits of smoking differently predicted intentions to continue smoking between heterosexual and LGB smokers. The perceived health threat of smoking had a weaker negative relationship and perceived benefits of smoking had a stronger positive relationship with smoking intentions among LGB smokers than heterosexual smokers. Focusing on vaping, Study 2 (n = 2801 U.S. adults) found that the perceived health threat and perceived barriers of vaping differentially predicted vaping intentions between heterosexual and LGB individuals. The perceived health threat of vaping only negatively predicted vaping intentions among heterosexual people. Perceived barriers to vaping had a stronger negative relationship with intentions to vape among LGB people than among heterosexual people. Our finding suggests that compared to perceptions of tobacco-related health consequences (perceived heath threat), behavioral perceptions (perceived benefits and barriers) may have stronger impacts on tobacco use intentions among LGB people. Thus, efforts focusing on reducing tobacco-related disparities among the LGB community should address perceived benefits and barriers of tobacco use.


Author(s):  
Frank Pan ◽  
Yueh-Cheng E. Pan

Diabetic Mellitus (DM) is a widespread chronic disease around the world, among which type 2 DM (T2DM) shared the majority. It caused multiple severe complications and consequently a high mortality rate. DM complications overwhelm jeopardize the patient’s quality of life. In response to the threats of such complications, some nutraceuticals were developed, including the highly praised bitter melon peptide (BMP). This study aims to apply the structural equation model in HBM. A theoretical model had been developed on the health belief model (HBM), and to test with the structural equation model (SEM) technique to examine the fitness of the theory and the data gathered in this research. A structural questionnaire was developed and used to collect 292 valid responses from DM patients. The SEM results indicated the fitness of the theory and the data were acceptable. Perceived susceptibility of DM complications and perceived benefits of nutraceutical were major predictors of intake behavior, and the association of perceived benefits and behavior was mediated by the patient’s self-efficacy on nutraceutical intake behavior.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-83
Author(s):  
Hajar Habibi ◽  
Behnaz Sedighi ◽  
Yunes Jahani ◽  
Marzieh Hasani ◽  
Abedin Iranpour

Abstract Introduction: Self-care programs can raise health in patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). This study aimed to identify the self-care behaviors and determinants in patients with MS according to the Health Belief Model (HBM). Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we included 280 MS patients through convenience sampling method. The collection tool was a self-administered questionnaire based on HBM. The participants were the members of MS society in Kerman, Iran. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, path analysis, and multivariable linear regression in SPSS software Version 22. Results: The mean (SD) score for self-care practices was 2.86 (0.64), and medication adherence was the most conducted practice. The perceived benefits and cues to action exerted positive influence on self-care practices. The most frequent symptoms experienced by the participants were fatigue (82.5%), visual impairment (76.4%), headaches (72.1%), and muscle weakness (71.4%). The most important cues to action for self-care behavior were the physician (77%), media (52%), and other MS patients (32%). Conclusion: The quality of life (QOL) of MS patients is heavily influenced by self-care behaviors. In this study, only about half of the patients accomplished self-care behaviors, which seems to be insufficient. Since the perceived benefits and cues to action are the main predictors of self-care practices, intervention based on these two constructs can be utilized to promote self-care programs and QOL in MS patients. Health-care providers should pay more attention to these factors for promoting self-care behaviors.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 92
Author(s):  
Muhamad Solikul Hamdani ◽  
Kun Ika Nur Rahayu ◽  
Yeni Lufiana Novita Agnes

Program Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) merupakan salah satu strategi kesehatan masyarakat yang di lakukan untuk menekan penyebaran HIV/AIDS. Tingginya kasus HIV/AIDS di Indonesia salah satunya dikarenakan minta seseorang yang berisiko untuk melakukan pemeriksaan VCT yang masih rendah. Teori Health Belief Model adalah model teoritis yang dapat digunakan untuk memandu promosi kesehatan dan program pencegahan penyakit. Tujuan penelitian ini yaitu untuk mengetahui faktor yang berhubungan dengan pemanfatan klinik VCT pada LSL remaja dengan pendekatan teori Health Belief Model (HBM) di Kota Kediri tahun 2020. Pwnwlitian ini termasuk penelitian analiotik korelasi dengan pendekatan Cross sectional. 83 sampel orang dipilih denagn porposive sampling. Variabel Independen variabel meliputi perceived susceptibility, perceived benefits, perceived barrier, perceived seriusnes, dan cues to action. Variabel dependen adalah pemanfaatan layanan VCT. Data di kumpulkan dengan kuesioner dan di analisis dengan sperman rank. Hasil menunjukan bahwa perceived susceptibility dengan pemanfaaatan layanan VCT (p = 0,255), perceived seriousness dengan pemanfaatan layanan VCT (p = 0,241), perceived  benefits dengan pemanfaatan VCT ( p = 0,064), perceived barrier dengan pemanfaatan layanan VCT (p = 0,026), Hubungan cues to action dengan pemanfaatan layanan VCT (p = 0,169). Perceived susceptibility, perceived benefits, perceived seriusnes, dan cues to action tidak memiliki korelasi denagn pemanfaatan layana VCT, perceived barrier memiliki korelasi dengan pemanfaatan layanan VCT. Di saran kan bagi LM untuk sering memberikan informasi kepasa orang-orang beresiko tinggi HIV/AIDS. Kata kunci : VCT, LSL, HIV, HBM


Author(s):  
Michel Walrave ◽  
Cato Waeterloos ◽  
Koen Ponnet

BACKGROUND To track and reduce the spread of COVID-19, apps have been developed to identify contact with individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 and warn those who are at risk of having contracted the virus. However, the effectiveness of these apps depends highly on their uptake by the general population. OBJECTIVE The present study investigated factors influencing app use intention, based on the health belief model. In addition, associations with respondents’ level of news consumption and their health condition were investigated. METHODS A survey was administered in Flanders, Belgium, to 1500 respondents, aged 18 to 64 years. Structural equation modeling was used to investigate relationships across the model’s constructs. RESULTS In total, 48.70% (n=730) of respondents indicated that they intend to use a COVID-19 tracing app. The most important predictor was the perceived benefits of the app, followed by self-efficacy and perceived barriers. Perceived severity and perceived susceptibility were not related to app uptake intention. Moreover, cues to action (ie, individuals’ exposure to [digital] media content) were positively associated with app use intention. As the respondents’ age increased, their perceived benefits and self-efficacy for app usage decreased. CONCLUSIONS Initiatives to stimulate the uptake of contact tracing apps should enhance perceived benefits and self-efficacy. A perceived barrier for some potential users is privacy concerns. Therefore, when developing and launching an app, clarification on how individuals’ privacy will be protected is needed. To sustain perceived benefits in the long run, supplementary options could be integrated to inform and assist users.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masoumeh Rostami-Moez ◽  
Mohammad Rabiee-Yeganeh ◽  
Mohammadreza Shokouhi ◽  
Amin Dosti-Irani ◽  
Forouzan Rezapur-Shahkolai

Abstract Background: Earthquakes are one of the most destructive natural disasters in which many people are injured, disabled, or died. Iran has only one percent of the world's population, but the percentage of its earthquake-related deaths is absolutely higher. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the level of earthquake preparedness of households and its predictors using the Health Belief Model (HBM).Methods: This observational descriptive and analytical study was conducted on 933 households in Hamadan province, located in the west of Iran, in 2019. Multi-stage cluster random sampling was used for selecting the participants. The inclusion criteria were being at least 18 years old and being able to answer the questions. A questionnaire was used for data collection including earthquake preparedness, awareness of earthquake response, predictors of earthquake preparedness based on the HBM, and demographic information. Analysis of variance, independent t-test, and a linear regression model was used.Results: The mean age of participants was 38.24 ±12.85 years. The average score of earthquake preparedness was low (approximately 30%). There was a significant relationship between earthquake preparedness and gender (P < 0.001), homeownership (P < 0.001), marriage status (P < 0.001), education (P < 0.001), and previous earthquake experience (P < 0.001). Regarding the HBM constructs, perceived benefits (P < 0.001), cues to action (P < 0.001), and self-efficacy (P < 0.001) were significant predictors of earthquake preparedness. Conclusions: Earthquake preparedness was insufficient. Besides, perceived benefits, cues to action, and self-efficacy were predictors of earthquake preparedness. These predictors can be taken into account, for designing and implementing related future interventions.


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