Health Beliefs That Shape Health Behavior

Health beliefs and health promotion models help explain why people choose healthier actions. A model is a theoretical way to understand an idea. It can also help overcome barriers to health across different economic and cultural backgrounds. Models make complex health issues easier to approach by offering more than one way t...

A model is a theoretical way to understand a concept or an idea.

There are several models of health promotion and illness prevention.

First, is the health belief model, or HBM, which predicts health-related behaviors regarding specific health belief patterns.

In HBM, a person's motivation to participate in healthy behaviors ...