Abstract Reducing individual fossil fuel use is an important component of climate change mitigation, but motivating behaviour to achieve this difficult. Protection motivation theory (PMT) a psychological framework that outlines the conditions under which people are more likely be persuaded take specific response or action. This experimental study investigated impact six different protection the...

Introduction: This study examined the relationship between specific psychosocial variables and the use of insect repellents on skin or clothing as a preventive behavior for Chikungunya fever among US travelers to Caribbean destinations. Methods: A cross-sectional retrospective online survey method was adopted. US residents who travelled to one of 34 Carib...

INTRODUCTION ................................................. 1117 I. THE LAW OF TRADE-DRESS PROTECTION .................. 1121 A. Purposes of Trade-Dress Law ....................... 1121 1. Protection of Firms from Misassociation ............. 1124 2. Prevention of Goodwill Misappropriation ............ 1125 3. Facilitation of Meaningful Consumer Participation in the M arket ....................

Background: Skin cancers are among the most prevalent malignancies in Iran. According to statistics, it is the most common cancer in the population of Ilam, west of Iran. The present study aimed to assess threat appraisal of skin cancer among rural farmers of Ilam in 2013-2014.Method: In this cross-sectional study, we used multistage random sampling. We collected the data through distribution o...

Purpose: This study utilizes Protection Motivation Theory as a theoretical framework to predict women’s intentions to go for mammogram screening in Singapore, a country with the highest incidence of breast cancer in Asia. Materials and Methods: A questionnaire centered on the theoretical predictive model of early detection behavior was developed to examine the hypothesized relationships. Data w...