It is important to note that the Health Belief Model (HBM) was initiated in the early 1950s by social researchers to comprehend the lack of people’s adoption disease prevention, or screening tests for early detection of disease (Boston University School of Public Health, n.d.). Early breast cancer detection through screening mammography is the most effective way to reduce mortality rate from disease. It is a proven method to reduce deaths due to breast cancer. Early detection has shown to lead to less intensive treatments, including lumpectomy rather
In today’s society and looking at the community health intervention, community changes as a result of human behaviors can be seen as either a tool or need process. The earlier we understand the important of such a need process the faster we can tackle human behaviors in public health. Several health circumstances begun with behavior threat, such as the real problem of drug abuse, alcohol abuse, excessive tobacco used, irresponsible driving, reckless eating disorder, unprotected sexual attitude and other hasty behaviors that negatively lead to health
One of the influential and classical works I found in the use of Health Belief Model (HBM) was the understanding that the rate in vaccine patients on hemodialysis is considerably lesser than the Healthy People 2020 targets approach (Glanz, Rimer & Vismanath, 2008). The study by Adams, Hall & Fulghum (2014) focused on utilizing the perceptions and signals for action constructs of the Health Belief Model (HBM), and to measure the attitudes of patients receiving outpatient hemodialysis regarding acceptance of the seasonal influenza, pneumococcal, and hepatitis B virus vaccines. Vaccine acceptance is defined
