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Health Beliefs and Intentions: Predictors of Return Compliance in a Tuberculosis Detection Drive 1
Author(s) -
Wurtele Sandy K.,
Roberts Michael C.,
Leeper James D.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1982.tb00854.x
Subject(s) - psychology , compliance (psychology) , health belief model , test (biology) , inclusion (mineral) , social psychology , tuberculosis , clinical psychology , applied psychology , health education , medicine , nursing , public health , pathology , paleontology , biology
A prospective design was employed to study the ability of various factors to predict return compliance in a tuberculosis detection drive. Five hundred fiftythree participants in the drive were asked to complete a questionnaire tapping their views of TB (based on the Health Belief Model) and their intentions to return for the recommended skin test reading. Behavioral intention was found to be an important predictor of return rates, and the inclusion of the HBM variables aided in the classification noncompliers. Practical and theoretical implications of these findings are discussed.