PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To examine variations in cultural and health beliefs about mammography screening among a socioeconomically diverse sample of African American and Caucasian women and to identify which set of beliefs predicted mammography screening adherence. DESIGN Descriptive, retrospective, cross-sectional study. SETTING Community-based organizations and public housing. SAMPLE 111 Afr...

The magnitude of the problem of smoking challenges health providers to persuade patients of the importance of trying to quit. Smoking behavior and cessation techniques are discussed in terms of the health decision model, a third-generation model combining health beliefs, decision analysis, and behavioral decision theory. This review suggests the need for physicians to emphasize factors such as ...

This study reports on community surveys of 160 representative Latino adults in Hartford, CT, Edinburg, TX, Guadalajara, Mexico; and in rural Guatemala. A 142-item questionnaire covered asthma beliefs and practices (e.g., causes, symptoms, and treatments). The cultural consensus model was used to analyze the agreement among respondents within each sample and to describe beliefs. Beliefs were the...

background: hyperlipidemia is one of the most important factors in progression of coronary heart diseases, because of the importance of lipid control for preventing heart disease; this study has done to explore the relation between health beliefs and medications adherences in patients with hyperlipidemia. methods: this correlation study has done in 82 patients with hyperlipidemia. for obtain in...

The Health Belief Model was used as a conceptual framework for exploring how health beliefs and perceptions of heterosexism and homophobia in health care related to lesbians' breast health behaviors, including use of breast exams and mammograms, visits to health care providers, and use of complementary/alternative care. A total of 173 exclusively homosexual women completed survey measures asses...

goals prioritization, mental health and irrational beliefs are concept much discussed nowadays. this study aims to compare the goals prioritization of the students and its relation to mental health and irrational beliefs. this study was designed and completed descriptively. the sample included 216 students of allamehtabatabai university. students completed the goals and aspirations, mental heal...