Perception of High School Students towards Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing, using Health Belief Model in Butajira, SNNPR

Background: Pregnant women are at increased risk of HIV acquisition, whose rapid diagnosis not only saves the lives of the mother and fetus and prevents the infection of the husband, but also prevents the transmission of the virus to other people in the community. Objectives: In this line, this study aimed to assess pregnant women’s knowledge and beliefs in Birjand about voluntary HIV counseling and testing based on health belief model constructs. Methods: In this descriptive-analytical study, 238 pregnant women referring to Birjand comprehensive health centers (CHC) in 2018 are studied. Participants were selected using multi-stage random sampling. First, Birjand was divided into four districts as north, south, east, and west. Then, one health center and one CHC were selected from each district. Data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire consisting of demographic information, knowledge, model constructs, and behavior, whose validity and reliability were determined. Data were analyzed using SPSS19 and independent t-test and one-way ANOVA. Results: The mean age of participants was 28.3 + 5.1 years. Mean score of knowledge, susceptibility, severity, benefits, barriers and perceived self-efficacy were 5.9 + 3.6, 8.9 + 2.21, 23.7 + 4.7, 34.7 + 4.2, 28.2 + 5.9, and 24.5 + 7.3 respectively and behavior was determined to be 5%. Knowledge was evaluated to be poor in 1.7%, moderate in 51.7%, and good in 46.6%. There was a significant negative relationship between barriers and all model constructs (P < 0.05) and a significant positive relationship between knowledge with perceived susceptibility (r = 0.15) and guidance for action (r = 0.2), susceptibility with perceived severity (r = 0.23). Conclusions: This study showed the insufficiency of pregnant women’s knowledge about the importance of HIV screening. Therefore, it is recommended to use the Health Belief model in CHC to improve the knowledge, attitude, and practice of this target group.

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Efficacy of the Health Belief Model and Multi-Dimensional Locus of Control Theory-Led of Influenza Vaccination among High School Students in Al-Nasiriyah City

Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development ◽

10.5958/0976-5506.2019.02942.5 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 (10) ◽

pp. 940

Author(s):

Haider Hammed Hlail ◽

Raad Kareem Faraj

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Locus Of Control ◽

Control Theory ◽

Influenza Vaccination ◽

Health Belief Model ◽

Health Belief ◽

School Students ◽

Belief Model ◽

The Health Belief Model

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Smoking Behavior Among Students: Using HBM and ZIOP Model

10.21203/rs.3.rs-416889/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Amin Ghanbarnejad ◽

Atefeh Homayuni ◽

Zahra Hosseini ◽

Abdolhossain Madani

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Health Belief Model ◽

Smoking Behavior ◽

Health Belief ◽

Smoking Initiation ◽

School Students ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Cues To Action ◽

Belief Model

Abstract Background The purpose of this study was to explore the predictors of smoking among high school students using health belief model (HBM). Methods In this cross-sectional study, participants were 425 boys (mean age was 16.7 ± 0.85 and ranged from 15 to 19 years) among high school students in Bandar-Abbas city. Data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire consisted of two main sections: Socio-demographic characteristics and HBM constructs. The zero-inflated ordered probit (ZIOP) model was used for investigating the association between health belief model constructs and smoking behavior. Results Results indicated that 82% of participants never smoked cigarette at all. The results of ZIOP model showed that knowledge, susceptibility, severity, benefits and cues to action had significant effect (P < 0.05) on smoking cigarette after adjusting for other covariates (i.e age, parents’ education, losing one of the parents). Moreover, having a smoker friend was an inflation factor (P < 0.001). Adolescents with smoking friends are 44% less likely not to smoke at all. Conclusion Based on these findings, having a smoker friend, knowledge, susceptibility, severity, benefits and cues to action have a key role in predicting smoking and should be considered in designing educational programs aiming at reducing smoking initiation among adolescents.

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Engagement of Nepalese High-School Students in Cancer Awareness Using a Photovoice Based on the Health Belief Model

Healthcare ◽

10.3390/healthcare9101283 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (10) ◽

pp. 1283

Author(s):

Kritika Poudel ◽

Naomi Sumi

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Health Belief Model ◽

Cancer Education ◽

Health Belief ◽

Later Life ◽

Cancer Awareness ◽

School Students ◽

Belief Model ◽

The Health Belief Model

Delivering cancer education is one of the strategies for implementing health promotion and disease prevention programs. Moreover, cancer education can help people understand the risks related to specific behaviors that can trigger cancer during later life stages. This study examines the cancer perception of high school students (median age: 14 years) using a photovoice based on the health belief model. Students were requested to take photographs to answer the framework question: “How is cancer present in your surrounding?” A theoretical thematic analysis was conducted to develop codes, and the narratives completed by the participants on the SHOWED checklist were used to create contextualization. With the use of the health belief model, the following factors were determined: risk factors and environmental pollution (perceived susceptibility), symptoms (perceived severity), prevention and screening (benefits), ignorance and poverty, and ineffective laws and regulations (perceived barriers). Linked to these themes, students’ narration demonstrated the risk of developing cancer if the same environment and inadequate regulations persisted. This study highlights the need to incorporate the participation of adolescents in the design, implementation, and monitoring of several community issues to help address several unanswered questions.

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