Health Belief Model Hpv

Using the health belief model to examine the link between hpv knowledge and self efficacy for preventive behaviors of male students at a two year college in new york city behav med.

Health belief model hpv. Health belief model constructs were associated with hpv vaccine initiation in multivariate analyses including doctor s recommendation to get hpv vaccine perceived barriers to obtaining hpv vaccine and perceived potential vaccine harms. The theoretical framework used is the health belief model hbm. A predesigned self administered questionnaire that included the health belief model scale was used to collect data.

To investigate the reasons for refusal of human papillomavirus hpv vaccination and to explore participants perceptions and attitudes about health belief model hbm constructs perceived susceptibility perceived severity perceived benefits perceived barriers cues to action and self efficacy among a sample of female university students. Among the 450 participants the pap smear test uptake was 26 and the hpv vaccine uptake was less than 1. The purposes of this study are to 1 identify predictors of human papillomavirus hpv vaccine acceptability among college men based on the health belief model through focus groups 2 triangulate focus group results with a prior quantitative study in developing an intervention based on the health belief model to enhance hpv vaccine acceptability and 3 test the efficacy of the above intervention based on the health belief model by comparing it to a knowledge based intervention.

Introduction the advent of new human papilloma virus hpv vaccines with the. The health belief model hbm attempts to explain and predict health behaviours and is used in assessing health behaviour interventions by focusing on the attitudes and beliefs of individuals. This study developed and.

The health belief model and human papilloma virus vaccination among young women sewuese akuse social and behavioral science paper pubh 6535 georgia southern university i have complied with the requirements of academic honesty in all aspects of the submitted work. According to the hbm a person s health behavior can be explained by the individual s beliefs regarding the health action. To adapt and psychometrically test the health belief model scale for human papilloma virus hpv and its vaccination hbms hpvv for use in a turkish population and to assess the human papilloma virus knowledge score hpv ks among female college students.

Since 2009 hpv vaccine has been approved by the fda for use in boys and young men but less than 1 of eligible males in the united states have taken this vaccine.