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14 Cards in this Set
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When will a person adapt healthy behaviours? |
Perceived seriousness/susceptibility Cost-benefit analysis Internal/external cues Demographic variables |
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Perceived seriousness |
Will it kill or hurt me |
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Cost-benefit analysis |
Does the cost of doing the healthy behaviour outweigh the benefits |
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Internal cues |
Something to do with your body reminding you to do a healthy behaviour e.g. feeling sick reminding you to take your medicine |
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External cues |
something we interact with reminding us to do a healthy behaviour e.g. a TV advert reminding you to take your medicine |
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Demographic variables |
factors such as gender, occupation, income, age and education can affect what healthy behaviours you carry out |
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Study |
Becker- compliance with a medical regimen for asthma |
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Becker- aim |
To use the health belief model to explain the mothers adherence for their asthmatic children |
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Becker- participants |
111 mothers who have asthmatic children |
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Becker- procedure |
mother was interviewed for 45 minutes |
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Becker- findings- positive correlation |
Positive correlation between a mothers belief about her child's susceptibility to asthma attacks and compliance with a medical regime. |
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Becker- findings- more likely to comply
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Married or more well educated women are more likely to comply and keep the routing of giving the prescribed medication. |
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Becker- findings- costs
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negative correlation when there are costs like disruption of daily activities, inaccessibility of chemists and a child complaining.
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Becker- conclusion
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the HBM is useful model to predict and explain different levels of compliance with medical regimes.
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