Women with a family history of breast cancer (N=833) completed questionnaires that assessed the main constructs of the health belief model (HBM), self-efficacy, behavioral intention and past behavior in relation to breast self-examination (BSE). Regression analyses revealed that intentions to perform BSE were predicted by perceived benefits, perceived emotional barriers, perceived skill barrier...

Early detection through whole-body Skin Self-Examination (wbSSE) may decrease mortality from melanoma. Using the Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) or Health Belief Model (HBM) we aimed to assess determinants of uptake of wbSSE in 410 men 50 years of older who participated in the control group of a randomized trial. Overall, the HAPA was a significantly better predictor of wbSSE compared to ...

Patients suffering from eye floaters often resort to consulting more than one ophthalmologist. The purpose of this study, using the Health Belief Model (HBM), was to identify the factors that influence doctor-shopping behavior among patients with eye floaters. In this cross-sectional survey, 175 outpatients who presented floaters symptoms were enrolled. Data from 143 patients (77 first time vis...

Latar Belakang: Luka bakar pada kulit dapat mempengaruhi integritas sesuai kerusakan yang terjadi, yaitu hilang atau tidaknya jaringan adneksa sebagai organ sensorik dan termoregulasi, sehingga menjadi salah satu parameter penyembuhan kulit. Kondisi diabetes melitus mengganggu proses luka melalui peningkatan stres oksidatif menyebabkan penurunan fungsi endotel memperpanjang fase inflamasi mengh...

BACKGROUND Many studies investigate HPV vaccine acceptability, applying health behavior theories to identify determinants; few include real uptake, the final variable of interest. This study investigated the utility of the Health Belief Model (HBM) in predicting HPV vaccine uptake in Kenya, focusing on the importance of promotion, probing willingness to vaccinate as precursor of uptake and expl...

Human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (hBM-MSCs) represent a potentially valuable cell type for clinical therapeutic applications. The present study was designed to evaluate the effect of long-term culturing (up to 10(th) passages) of hBM-MSCs from eight individual amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients, focusing on functional ion channels. All hBM-MSCs contain several MSCs markers wit...

Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) offers the opportunity to noninvasively study brain networks within individuals. Previous individual-specific network mappings do not account for intra-subject (within-subject) variability. Therefore, intrasubject variability might be mistaken for inter-subject (between-subject) differences. Here we propose a multi-session hierarchic...

With the exception of barley and rice, little is known about the existence of hemoglobins (Hbs) in cereals. This work reports the cloning and analysis of hb genes from maize (Zea mays ssp. mays) and teosinte (Zea mays ssp. parviglumis). Coding sequences of maize and teosinte hb genes (hbm and hbt, respectively) are highly similar to each other and are interrupted by three introns located at ide...

BACKGROUND Demographic, economic and behavioural factors are central features underpinning the successful management and biological control of dengue. This study aimed to examine these factors and their association with the seroprevalence of this disease. METHODOLOGY We conducted a cross-sectional telephone survey of households in a 3 km radius of the schools where we had conducted serologica...

Osteoarthritis (OA) is an inflammatory joint disease characterized by degeneration of articular cartilage within synovial joints. An estimated 27 million Americans suffer from OA and the population is expected to reach 67 million in USA by 2030. Thus, it is urgent to find an effective OA treatment. Traditional OA treatments have no disease-modifying effect while regenerative OA therapies such a...