Health Belief Model

The model was developed by psychologists at the U.S Public Health services in the 1950s. Some of the social psychologists that were involved in developing the health belief model include Howard Leventhal, Godfrey M. Hochbaum, Irwin M. Rosenstock, and Stephen Kegeles. The model was first created to help researchers understand the widespread failure of tuberculosis screening programs. Health belief model is one of the more widely used and known theories in researched health behaviors. The model has grown to be used extensively in the medical fields helping many researchers, patients and physicians

Diabetes (DM) is one the many initiatives that Healthy People 2020 have been focusing on to reduce this disease morbidity and mortality rates throughout the communities. In the United States alone, the number of individuals diagnosed with diabetes has increased from 1.5 million in 1958 to 25.8 million in 2011. The Center for Disease and prevention (CDC) also estimates in the year 2011, 79 million people age 20 and over were noted to have pre-diabetes, in which the blood sugar was higher than normal levels, however, have not reached the level for a diagnosis of DM. Eleven percent of those individuals with pre-diabetic readings of raised blood glucose will progress in full blown diabetes a matter of three years. Healthy People 2020 have used evidence –based practices to aid in the prevention and treatment of diabetes. Evidence have shown by simply modifying one’s lifestyle such regular exercising and healthy eating have been recognized to effectively prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes in high-risk persons. Case in point, the Diabetes Prevention Program research trial revealed that the utilization of lifestyle interferences had its utmost impact in elderly adults and was also effective in all racial groups.

After conducting my project, I felt as if applying the Health Belief Model would be a great representation to showing what I went through over the weeks of doing my running. The Health Belief Model puts stress on four different components that can either influence or discourage our outlooks on whether making a health change will be an actual threat. These four factors are perceived susceptibility, severity of threat, benefits and barriers, and cues

4. Apply concepts from the Health Belief Model to discuss why some women do not engage in behavior to prevent osteoporosis. In what other settings has the HBM been shown to be useful? Synthesize why the simplicity of the Health Belief Model is both a positive and a negative.

Critchley, Hardie, and Moore (2012) conducted a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the outcomes of a Healthy Living Course (HCL) for its effectiveness on the psychological pathway to behavior change in a group based lifestyle program to prevent Type Two Diabetes. Technology utilized involved electronic records by the general practitioner (GP) to record weight, BMI and waist circumference of participants. Interventions group of 6-12 persons received 6 education sessions (150minute total) to promote healthier living. Further intervention included a trained facilitator who provided psychosocial education about motivational support, basic diabetes education for diet, physical activity and behavioral change. In contrast, the control group received standard GP care for health monitoring and lifestyle and dietary advice.

The healthy belief method was demonstrated with this study. The study demonstrated that the impact of health beliefs on behavior showed a direct relationship between health

The implementation of patient-centered care in health care delivery and the Health Belief Model are the two concepts that interested me the most in this unit.

On this week I read and learn about the biomedical model, a model that regards the illness as it is, it doesn't take into account the role of social factors or individual subjectivity. Do not matter why people are sick or how they got sick, the biomedical model focuses only on factors purely biological and says that people are not responsible for their illness, and the physicians are responsible for the treatment.

Both the health belief model (HBM) and theories of reasoned action/planned behavior (TRA/TPB) are two model that has their root from psychology. Both models rely on social cognition as a mechanism to change individuals’ behaviors. Opponent criticizes the models for being unable to target social influence outside of an individual and overlook difference between target audiences.

Cadzow, R. B., Vest, B. M., Craig, M., Rowe, J. S., & Kahn, L. S. (2014). “Living Well with Diabetes”: Evaluation of a Pilot Program to Promote Diabetes Prevention and Self-Management in a Medically Underserved Community. Diabetes Spectrum, 27(4), 246-255 10p.

There are several key constructs in the Health Belief Model that provide framework of health behaviors and can be used as a blueprint by a nurse to promote desired changes in health behaviors, and maintenance of those desired behaviors (Bastable, 2014). The construct of perceived susceptibility is a subjective perception, and it relates

Improvement in patient outcomes in relation to diabetes prevention through education is something that is becoming more common in health care, since prevention over treatment has shown better outcomes. According to Dunkley, et al (2014), diabetes prevention has been about promoting weight loss and increasing physical activity through lifestyle changes, but the many different programs available for education on how to prevent this disease that promote these factors have been successful but transferring these findings into a clinical practice has proven to be difficult. In the 22 studies reviewed by Dunkley, et al (2014), that were reviewed found that while lifestyle interventions that involved weight loss and increased physical activity do

It was developed in the U.S in the 1950s. This model focuses on individual’s belief and attitude. The health belief model assumed that a person will take action if (2) a) Feels that a negative condition can be avoided e.g. Heart attack in this case b) Has a positive expectation that by taking an action, he/she will avoid a negative health

Conner and Norman, 1995 describe the health belief model as ‘the oldest and most widely used model in health psychology’. It originated in the 50’s and was developed further by Hochbaum, Rosenstock and Kegals throughout the 1980’s for health education programmes and to predict different health behaviours and responses to treatments. The four terms that are the basis for the HBM are perceived susceptibility, perceived barriers, perceived severity and perceived benefits. The behaviour of the individual depends on their belief that they are susceptible to a health problem, how serious they deem it to be, whether they think that treatment will benefit them and if there are barriers that may get in the way.

The Health Belief Model (HBM) is one of the first theories of health behavior. It was developed in the 1950s by social psychologists in the U.S. Public Health Services to better understand the widespread failure of tuberculosis screening programs. Today it continues to be one of the most widely used theories. Research studies use it to explain and predict health behaviors seen in individuals. There is a broad range of health behaviors and subject populations that it is applied in. The concepts in the model involve perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, cues to action, and self-efficacy. Focusing on the attitudes and beliefs of individuals being studied create an understanding of their