Definitions
This refers to the obstacles, costs, or negative aspects that discourage someone from taking a health action.
What are Perceived Barriers?
“I won’t get the flu because I never get sick.”
What is Perceived Susceptibility?
Maria sees a pamphlet at her doctors office about high blood pressure and schedules a follow-up appointment the same day.
What are cues to action?
This construct combines how likely you think you are to get a condition and how serious you think it is.
What is Perceived Threat?
This construct reflects how serious a person believes a disease and its consequences are.
What is Perceived Severity?
“An individual believes if they smoke, they will get lung cancer.”
What is Perceived Severity?
James has been meaning to start jogging every morning, but after one failed attempt, he no longer believes he is capable of sticking to a regular exercise routine.
What is self efficacy?
This theory of the HBM suggests people take action based on how much they value the outcome and whether they believe change is possible.
What is Value-Expectancy Theory?
This concept involves how likely a person thinks they are to develop a health condition.
What is Perceived Susceptibility?
“An individual doesn’t stop smoking because they think withdrawal will be worse than lung cancer.”
What is Perceived Barriers?
After being diagnosed with prediabetes, Sofia begins cutting sugar from her diet because she believes it will prevent her from developing Type 2 diabetes.
What are perceived benefits?
According to the HBM, people are more likely to take health action if they believe the benefits outweigh this construct.
What are Perceived Barriers?
This factor includes reminders, symptoms, or events that trigger someone to take action.
What are Cues to Action?
After hearing their friend developed lung cancer from smoking for 25 years, they decided to finally quit smoking.
What is Cues to Action?
Derek is a 23 year old college student who doesn't care about getting a meningitis vaccine because he thinks only elderly people get seriously ill from infections.
What is perceived severity?
Name the two components that make up perceived threat in the HBM.
What are Perceived Susceptibility and Perceived Severity?
This construct explains why someone might not take a recommended health action—even when they believe they are at risk and the condition is serious—due to factors like inconvenience, cost, or fear.
What are Perceived Barriers?
Within the Health Belief Model, this construct was later added to address limitations of the original model, emphasizing an individual’s belief in their capability to successfully execute a behavior despite challenges.
What is Self-Efficacy?
Kayla grows up watching her mom and grandpa both suffer from breast cancer. As a result, she schedules regular mammograms starting at age 30, believing she is at high risk.
What is perceived susceptibility?
This construct reflects a person’s confidence in their ability to successfully perform a health behavior, even in the face of challenges.
What is Self-Efficacy?