The health belief model and HIV risk behaviours: A causal model analysis among Anglos, African‐Americans and Mexican‐Americans∗
| Autor: | James Alan Neff, Sharon L. Crawford |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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Male Cultural Studies media_common.quotation_subject Ethnic group HIV Infections Mexican americans Hiv risk White People Developmental psychology Risk-Taking Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Mexican Americans Humans Health belief model Causal model media_common Likelihood Functions Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Models Theoretical Causality Anticipation United States Black or African American Female Disease Susceptibility Psychology Attitude to Health Seriousness Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Ethnicity & Health. 3:283-299 |
| ISSN: | 1465-3419 1355-7858 |
| Popis: | A causal model of the Health Belief Model (HBM) is empirically evaluated which emphasizes possible indirect paths linking distal demographic and seriousness/susceptibility variables to HIV risk behaviours among Anglo, African-American, and Mexican-American adults. A specific focus of the paper is upon alcohol-related expectancies (anticipation of disinhibitory effects of alcohol upon sexual behavior) as a 'barrier' to preventive behaviours. Ethnic comparisons stem both from the paucity of available research on the HBM in minority populations and from recent questions regarding the applicability of rational models such as the HBM among minority groups. Analyses of data from a community sample of 1390 adults indicate relatively consistent direct effects of barriers for males and benefits for females upon HIV risk behaviors. The analyses suggest distinct paths operative among males and females. The susceptibility-barriers-risk behaviours path among males may suggest that alcohol-related expectancies (barriers in this model) may be more strongly related to risk behaviours among males than minority females. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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