Question

You are a public health educator who has been tasked to create a vaping cessation program for high school students. You determine you will use either the Health Belief Model (HBM) or the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to create the program. Please describe three main constructs of TPB or HBM you will use and describe how you will apply them in the intervention.

Answer 1

1) perceived susceptibility - tobacco user's perceived chance of developing smoking related conditions such as lung cancer, cardiovascular diseases, gum disease etc.

2)perceived severity - tobacco users beliefs regarding seriousness of various smoking related conditions and consiquences of these conditions.

3) perceived benefits - tobacco uses beliefs in efffe efficacy of the advised action for cessation in reducing various health risk.

4) perceived barriers - tobacco user's opinion of the tangible and phycological cost of the advised action for quitting smoking.