Which of the following needs to be considered when using the Health Be

Which of the following needs to be considered when using the Health Belief Model (HBM)?

a. Prior behaviors
b. Perceived benefits
c. Health promoting behaviors
d. Personal benefits

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ANS: B
The HBM is a value expectancy theory that addresses factors that promote health-enhancing behavior. The HBM considers perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, and other sociopsychological and structural variables. Self-efficacy, defined as the notion that an individual can act successfully on a given behavior to produce the desired outcome, was later added to the HBM.