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Psychosocial factors influencing the practice of preventive behaviors against the severe acute respiratory syndrome among older Chinese in Hong Kong
Author(s)	Catherine So-Kum Tang, Chi-Yan Wong
Journal title	Journal of Aging and Health, vol 17, no 4, August 2005
Pages	pp 490-506
Source	http://www.sagepub.com
Keywords	Respiratory tract diseases ; Preventative medicine ; Hong Kong.
Annotation	The global epidemic of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) poses a serious health threat to older people. In this study, a total of 354 older Chinese were interviewed by telephone during the outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong. They were asked about their perceived health threats, efficacy beliefs, and the practice of SARS preventive behaviour. Only 40.7% of survey participants practised the recommended SARS preventive behaviours. Those who perceived greater personal vulnerability to the disease, who possessed greater self-efficacy, who had greater confidence in local health authorities, and who had lower educational attainment were most likely to adopt the suggested SARS preventive behaviours. This study supported the conceptual framework that specified perceived health threats and efficacy beliefs as the two core dimensions of motivating factors in adopting SARS preventive behaviours. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-050914214 A
Classmark	CN: LK2: 7DR
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