A sound description of the environmental health problem of water scarcity is the extreme necessity of those populations in developing countries who lack portable water. In a nutshell, it is a way of sympathizing to those individuals with few to lack of drinkable or usable water to drink. Some communities may use any water to […]
In the United States, more than 80 percent of drivers and passengers wear seatbelts while driving, but in China, only between 20 and 30 percent of drivers and passengers wear their car seatbelts. Guangzhou had 9,930 traffic accidents in the 2006 (George Institute, 2007). China accounts for around 15% of the world’s total number […]
Mental health problem is one of the key factors leading to an increase in suicide. Both the WHO and the UN have recommended that member states should develop national suicide– prevention programs, where possible linked to other public health policies, and that they should establish national committees to coordinate the prevention strategies (Jenkins, 2002). Suicide […]
The diffusion of innovation theory, one of the firstborn social science theories, can be applied to the passage of universal helmet legislation in the U.S. States. This is due in part to the many injury accidents and incidents that occurred. This trend began to elevate in high numbers during the 1970s and 1980s. There […]
Diffusion of Innovation (DOI) Theory, developed by E.M. Rogers in 1962, is one of the oldest social science theories. It originated in communication to explain how, over time, an idea or product gains momentum and diffuses (or spreads) through a specific population or social system. The end result of this diffusion is that people, as […]
It is understood that the rate of vaccinated patients on hemodialysis is considerably lesser than the Healthy People 2020 (HP 2020) target (Glanz, Rimer & Vismanath, 2008). This study by Adams, Hall & Fulghum (2014) was aimed at utilizing the perceptions for action constructs of the Health Belief Model (HBM). The study aimed at measuring […]
It is important to note that the Health Belief Model (HBM) was initiated in the early 1950s by social researchers to comprehend the lack of people’s adoption disease prevention, or screening tests for early detection of disease (Boston University School of Public Health, n.d.). Early breast cancer detection through screening mammography is the most effective […]
The central concern of health education is health behavior. If behaviors change but health is not subsequently enriched, the result is an inconsistency that must be resolved by examining other issues, such as the link between behavior and health status or how behavior and health (or both) are measured (Conner, Sparks, 1996). The goal of […]
The PAPM attempts to explain how a person comes to decisions to take action and how he or she translates that decision into action. Adoption of a new precaution or cessation of a risky behavior requires deliberate steps unlikely to occur outside of conscious awareness. It is often said that elderly women have experienced lack […]
The application of Transtheoretical Model of Change (TTM) is in line with the need to implement hospital preventive programs that are designed at overcoming any related infection. Although some hospitals and other healthcare facilities have developed extensive infection control programs to prevent nosocomial infections, these programs should focus on identifying high-risk procedures and other possible […]
