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Skin cancer protective behaviors among the elderly — explaining their response to a health education program using the Health Belief Model
Author(s)	Sara Carmel, Esther Shani, Lior Rosenberg
Journal title	Educational Gerontology, vol 22, no 7, October - November 1996
Pages	pp 651-668
Keywords	Cancer ; Health [elderly] ; Preventative medicine ; Education ; Engagement ; Israel.
Annotation	The authors describe the effects of a skin cancer prevention programme on a sub-sample of older people in terms of their health beliefs and behaviour, and the power of an expanded Health Belief Model (HBM) in explaining two different protective behaviours - primary prevention and early detection - in this age group. The findings were that basic health beliefs changed within 4 months, and that a health intervention programme for the 60 and over age group is more likely to positively influence the recommended health behaviours when the main educational message focuses on basic health beliefs: the value of health, and the ability to control it.
Accession Number	CPA-970312015 A
Classmark	CK: CC: LK2: V: DN: 7H6
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