Health Belief Model
The medical field is constantly changing and improving. It seems as if each time we go to the doctor we are being informed of a new method or screening that can be done to prevent certain diseases or illnesses. Insurance companies are trying their best to keep up with the latest technology and most try to provide a preventative care option. However, regardless of the cost to the patient, the patient has to feel confident that these screenings are worth their time and that they are actually useful for their particular case. The Health Belief Model (HBM) is a model that provides guidance for understanding health risk behavior. In this paper, I will discuss how the HBM can be used in sexual risk taking among college students. …show more content…
In most cases that is true, however, HIV can be transmitted by blood and other STI’s can be transmitted by oral sex. Some of the students felt as if using protection may limit their chances of having intercourse with the opposite sex or would interfere with their pleasure. One male student stated, “Basically, during the time of things actually happening. I would know if I actually stopped and went to go get something, when I got back, time would have passed and nothing would happen at all” (Downing-Matibag & Geisinger, 2009). A female student commented that she felt as if she were protected because she was on a birth control pill.
Lack of knowledge played a major role in this study. At the end of the interviews, it wasn’t that students did not want to protect themselves, it was more so the fact that they felt protected without having to take additional precautions. As mentioned earlier in this paper, most of the “hook-ups” involved alcohol. “Almost 80% of the students aid there was alcohol involved prior to or during the hookup, and most of these students stated alcohol played a role in the occurrence and evolution of the hookup (Downing-Matibag & Geisinger, 2009). Had alcohol not been involved, there may have been a different
The medical field is constantly changing and improving. It seems as if each time we go to the doctor we are being informed of a new method or screening that can be done to prevent certain diseases or illnesses. Insurance companies are trying their best to keep up with the latest technology and most try to provide a preventative care option. However, regardless of the cost to the patient, the patient has to feel confident that these screenings are worth their time and that they are actually useful for their particular case. The Health Belief Model (HBM) is a model that provides guidance for understanding health risk behavior. In this paper, I will discuss how the HBM can be used in sexual risk taking among college students. …show more content…
In most cases that is true, however, HIV can be transmitted by blood and other STI’s can be transmitted by oral sex. Some of the students felt as if using protection may limit their chances of having intercourse with the opposite sex or would interfere with their pleasure. One male student stated, “Basically, during the time of things actually happening. I would know if I actually stopped and went to go get something, when I got back, time would have passed and nothing would happen at all” (Downing-Matibag & Geisinger, 2009). A female student commented that she felt as if she were protected because she was on a birth control pill.
Lack of knowledge played a major role in this study. At the end of the interviews, it wasn’t that students did not want to protect themselves, it was more so the fact that they felt protected without having to take additional precautions. As mentioned earlier in this paper, most of the “hook-ups” involved alcohol. “Almost 80% of the students aid there was alcohol involved prior to or during the hookup, and most of these students stated alcohol played a role in the occurrence and evolution of the hookup (Downing-Matibag & Geisinger, 2009). Had alcohol not been involved, there may have been a different