Applied Health Belief Model to explore adult's oral screen behavior and influencing factors to the Health Service Centers in Taipei City.

• Main Authors: Wan-Ping Shen, 沈婉平
• Other Authors: Chiu-Mieh Huang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/46511539248614578096

碩士 === 國立陽明大學 === 臨床暨社區護理研究所 === 98 === This study aimed to explore the use of the health belief model to health service centers in Taipei City on the oral mucosa of adult population health examination of cognition, health beliefs and related factors. Cross-section survey is conducted in twelve health service centers of Taipei City, and 338 human subjects are involved in our investigation by purposive sampling. Research tool is self-administered questionnaires which include demographic variable, oral health check-related health belief, cues to action, and oral health check-scale behavioral intentions scale. Frequency, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients and Stepwise multiple regression are used for statistical analysis. Results are as follows: 1. In health beliefs, we find that "suffering" of oral health examination of the behavioral intention of explanatory power; in cues to action whereas "external cues to action" to conduct oral health screening intention of explanatory power. 2. "External cues to action", "knowledge" and "experience of oral health check", "seriousness", "suffering", and "obstacles to action" and "action interest" of the oral health examination of the explanatory power of behavioral intention variance 35 %. Based on our results, we suggest in the future oral health examination conducted intervention activities related to education, to enhance the public on oral cancer susceptibility and severity of cognitive and increase benefits to action, and action to promote the reduction of barriers to improve oral health examination of behavioral intentions. In the action line of the areas, namely, family and medical institutions in the promotion, in order to allow the public to come forward for the future oral health screening, and access to effective tracking and control. Future research could expand the study to increase self-efficacy, motivation and other factors variable, prospective study, or cohort, education, intervention studies, and to obtain more in-depth comprehensive information. Keywords: Health Belief Model, oral health examination.