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Area of Science:

  • Health Behavior Research
  • Public Health
  • Preventive Medicine

Background:

  • Secondary prevention through disease screening aids early detection and treatment of pathogenic factors.
  • Encouraging regular health examinations is crucial for reducing disease incidence, mortality, and complications.
  • The Health Belief Model provides a framework for understanding health behaviors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate factors influencing health examination behavioral intention in Taiwan.
  • To extend the Health Belief Model by integrating social psychological factors.
  • To identify key predictors of public engagement in health screenings.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the extended Health Belief Model as a theoretical foundation.
  • Integrated social psychological factors into the model.
  • Analyzed 388 effective questionnaires using structural model analysis.

Main Results:

  • The extended Health Belief Model effectively predicted health examination behavioral intention.
  • Self-efficacy emerged as the strongest predictor, followed by health knowledge.
  • Self-efficacy significantly impacted perceived benefits and barriers; health knowledge and social support showed indirect influence.

Conclusions:

  • Findings support the efficacy of the extended Health Belief Model in predicting screening intentions.
  • Interventions should focus on enhancing self-efficacy and health knowledge to promote health examinations.
  • Increased acceptance and utilization of health examination services can lead to earlier diagnosis and treatment, reducing disease burden.