Influence of Locus of Control and Belief in Health Promotion Behavior on the Intention to Use Mobile Healthcare Services

People adopt health promotion behaviors to promote their health as they interact within the environment. The purpose of this study was to examine factors influencing health promotion behaviors among older adults caring for family members with dementia. For this cross-sectional study, data from 135 older adults who were the main caregivers were collected at an outpatient clinic at a university hospital in the capital city of South Korea between September and October in 2020. Sociodemographic characteristics, caregiver-related characteristics, dementia knowledge, fear of dementia, and health promotion behaviors were measured. Univariate analysis revealed that the level of health promotion behaviors differed by age, sex, educational level, monthly income, relationship with the family member with dementia, and cohabitation with family members with dementia. In the multivariate analysis, a hierarchical multiple regression model explained 33.9% of the variance. Sex, duration of caregiving, use of long-term care service, and fear of dementia predicted health promotion behavior. A strategic tailored care plan for target population is needed to improve the health promotion behavior of older adults caring for family members with dementia.

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Hardiness and attitudes toward professional healthcare services: Implications for healthcare service utilization among Black American adults

Health Psychology Open ◽

10.1177/20551029211029157 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 205510292110291

Author(s):

Drexler James

Keyword(s):

Locus Of Control ◽

Healthcare Provider ◽

Service Utilization ◽

Indirect Effect ◽

Indirect Effects ◽

Healthcare Service ◽

Healthcare Services ◽

Black American ◽

Health Value ◽

Health Domains

This study ( N = 780) examines the indirect effects of hardiness—health locus of control (HLOC), health competence (HC), health value (HV)—on past-year healthcare provider visit via attitudes toward seeking and receiving professional healthcare services (ATSRPHS). Across four health domains (dental, general health, mental, vision), ATSRPHS mediated the indirect effect of (1) HV and (2) internal HLoC on past-year healthcare provider visit. ATSRPHS also mediated the indirect effect of external HLoC on past-year visit to healthcare provider visit for general medical, mental, and vision health. ATSRPHS did not mediate any indirect effect of HC on past-year healthcare provider visit. This research contributes to understanding determinants of healthcare service utilization among Black American adults.

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A Secure Robust and Privacy Enhanced Mobile Healthcare Framework

International Journal of Web Services Research ◽

10.4018/ijwsr.2018070104 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 15 (3) ◽

pp. 61-81

Author(s):

Hisham M. Alsaghier ◽

Shaik Shakeel Ahamad

Keyword(s):

Health Systems ◽

Mobile Health ◽

Integrated Circuit ◽

Cost Effective ◽

Healthcare Services ◽

Healthcare Industry ◽

Continuous Transition ◽

Trusted Platform Module ◽

Mobile Healthcare ◽

Mobile Health Systems

This article describes how the exponential growth of mobile applications has changed the way healthcare services function, and mobile healthcare using the Cloud is the most promising technology for healthcare industry. The mobile healthcare industry is in a continuous transition phase that requires continual innovation. There has been identified some of the challenges in the area of security protocols for mobile health systems which still need to be addressed in the future to enable cost-effective, secure and robust mobile health systems. This article addresses these challenges by proposing a secure robust and privacy-enhanced mobile healthcare framework (SRPF) by adopting a Community Cloud (CC), WPKI cryptosystems, Universal Integrated Circuit Cards (UICCs) and a Trusted Platform Module (TPM). All the security properties are provided within this framework. SRPF overcomes replay attacks, Man in the Middle (MITM) Attacks, Impersonation attacks and Multi-Protocol attacks as SRPF was successfully verified using a scyther tool and by BAN logic.

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