Theories Of Health Belief -Becker Flashcards
In the sample, how many mothers were used? And how old were they and their children?
111 mothers aged 17-54 with children aged 9 months to 17 years
What was the aim of Beckers study into the compliance with a medical regime for asthma?
To use the Health Belief Model to explain mothers adherence to a drug regime for their asthmatic children
What methods were used in Becker’s study?
Self report, Clinical tests and correlation
What was correlated with mothers beliefs reported during interviews?
Compliance with self reported administration of asthma medication
How was compliance tested in 70% of participants to confirm the validity of mothers answers in the interviews?
Covert blood tests were used to test the level of medication
What were mothers asked questions about their perceptions of?
Childs susceptibility to illness and asthma, Beliefs about seriousness of asthma and How much their child’s asthma interfered with the children’s education, caused embarrassment and interfered with mothers activities
Where was a positive correlation found?
Between mothers beliefs about their child’s susceptibility to asthma and seriousness of asthma and compliance to a medical regime
Which two demographic factors correlated with compliance?
Marital status and education
What 3 things did compliance negatively correlate with?
Disruption of daily routines, inaccessibility of chemists and the child complaining about the medication
Was the Becker study longitudinal or snapshot?
Snapshot
What were the ethical issues in the Becker study?
Getting informed consent from young children and blood tests may cause distress to the children
Name a conclusion of the Becker study
The HBM is a useful model to predict and explain different levels of compliance with medical regimes
