Chapter 7: Health Belief Model

By: Brandon Roth, Esther Park, Helen, Megan Prentice and Varnel Fleurisma

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Objectives:

  • Discuss the origins of the health belief model
  • List key components of the HBM
  • Discuss how to measure HBM constructs

“There is no fixed physical reality, no single perception of the world, just numerous ways of interpreting world views as dictated by one’s nervous system and the specific environment of our planetary existence” -Deepak Chopra