Patterns of maternal desires for child health care.

Dodge, Warren F.; West, Evelyn F.; Holloway, Jay; Bridgforth, E B; Travis, Lois B.

doi:10.2105/ajph.60.8.1421

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“…Most studies have found strong positive associations between SES and PHB, even where no financial outlays are required (Nikias, 1968). Green (1970b) hypothesizes that this relationship is due to both a higher propensity for interaction with non-kin and more appropriate PHB norms within the higher social strata; unfortunately, PHB norms are rarely measured and there is some evidence that they do not differ very much by SES, race, or ethnic group (cf., Dodge, 1970;Brunswick, 1969;Freidson and Felman, 1961;Goering and Coe, 1970). Moody and Gray (1972) suggest that the relationship between SES and PHB is spurious and that the operative variable is differential propensity to interact (in formal organizations).…”

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Social Networks, Health Beliefs, and Preventive Health Behavior

Langlie

1977

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

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JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org.. American Sociological Association is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Journal of Health and Social Behavior.Multiple regression analyses are used to assess the ability of the Health Belief Model to account for observed variation in a variety of preventive health behaviors (PHB) in a sample of urban adults (N = 383). In addition to the impact of the social psychological attributes posited by the Health Belief Model, the effects of the individual's social milieu on PHB are measured with and without controls for age, gender, and situational factors. The independent variables are tested in relation to two different kinds of PHB. One dependent measure is labelled Indirect Risk PHB; this is a scale composed of indicators for seat belt use, exercise and nutrition behavior, medical checkups, dental care, immunizations, and miscellaneous screening exams. The other dependent measure is called Direct Risk PHB and includes driving and pedestrian behavior, personal hygiene, and smoking behavior. Both social-psychological and social-group characteristics are important in accounting for differences in Indirect Risk PHB, but exert little influence on Direct Risk PHB. Conversely, appropriate Direct Risk PHB is strongly associated with older age and female gender, although some of the social-psychological attributes continue to have a small independent effect on this kind of PHB. A new model of PHB is tentatively proposed in order to account for the bi-dimensional character of PHB and for differences in the consistency of people's behavior.

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Social Networks, Health Beliefs, and Preventive Health Behavior

Langlie

1977

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

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“…How much do you think about what your health will be like in the future? [1] Not at all [2] Very little [4] Somewhat [5] A great deal 3. How satisfied are you with your ability to count on good health?…”

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“…How satisfied are you with your ability to count on good health? [1] Extremely satisfied [2] Somewhat satisfied [4] Somewhat dissatisfied [5] Extremely dissatisfied…”

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Health concern, HMO enrollment, and preventive care use

Berki¹,

Ashcraft²,

Penchansky³

et al. 1977

J Community Health

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A sample of 1,042 adults was drawn from an employed population who were given the option of enrollment in any of three prepaid, HMO-type organizations, one of which was an open-panel foundation, or continued subscription in a conventional Blue Cross/Blue Shield plan. The subjects in the sample were interviewed to examine three hypothesized relationships: (I) Enrollees in any HMO will exhibit higher levels of health concern than members of other health plans. (2) Users of preventive services will exhibit a higher level of health concern than nonusers. (3) Expressed health concern is a predictor of the rate of preventive use. Data were analyzed by bivariate and multivariate techniques. Support was found for each hypothesis. We found that, although the level of perceived health status did not vary across enrollees in the various plans, those who chose a closed-panel plan reported the highest level of health concern. Health concern was positively related to the use of preventive services, and the mean number of visits as well as the percentage of individuals who use them were the largest for the members of the closed-panel plans. We also found that health concern was a predictor of preventive use. Regression analysis was used to explore various relationships between health status, health concern, plan membership, and the use of preventive services. The hypothesis of adverse selfselection is questioned. The generalizability of the findings is limited to employed, essentially middle-income groups.To change the orientation of the medical system from one of crisis medicine to preventive care requires not only an appropriate restructuring of the delivery organizations but compatible client attitudes and behavior as well. An advantage claimed for certain organizational configurations that are generally known as Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) is their relative emphasis on preventive care? Their ability to achieve that objective is dependent in part on the attitudes and behaviors of their subscribers.The issue examined here is whether those who choose to enroll in an HMO express more concern with maintaining their health and engage in more preventive care behavior than do those who choose not to enroll. Further, the issue of whether more concern for health and preventive

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Bacteriuria in School Children

Dodge¹

1974

Am J Dis Child

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Patterns of maternal desires for child health care.

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Social Networks, Health Beliefs, and Preventive Health Behavior

Social Networks, Health Beliefs, and Preventive Health Behavior

Health concern, HMO enrollment, and preventive care use

Bacteriuria in School Children

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