Understanding physicians’ intention to use a simple infection control measure: Wearing gloves

The Lowbury lecture: behaviour in infection control

“…The Theory of Planned Behaviour has been used to test intentions towards specific infection control measures, such as understanding compliance with hand hygiene recommendations, 25 or physicians' intention to wear gloves during patient care. 27 The Theory of Planned Behaviour and the Self-Efficacy Model are better predictors than most other social cognitive models, but contain two major drawbacks: the lack of assessment of threat and social pressure ( Figure 5). …”

Nurses' Intentions to Wear Gloves During Venipuncture Procedures: A Behavioral Psychology Perspective

“…5 Better compliance with glove use during venipuncture procedures was indeed associated with more perceived positive outcomes and less priority was assigned to affect or social factors other than normative beliefs. This pattern of results suggests that improvements in intention to comply are more likely to come from practical demonstrations that show nurses the potential outcomes of both using and not using gloves, and these results explain why better compliance has been associated with more informal feedback, compared with official policy statements or even feedback from more formal types of safety performance evaluation.…”

“…The Triandis theory and related theories of planned behavior have been successful in explaining a variety of human behaviors, including those related to the use of universal precautions among healthcare professionals. 1,5 Using an established theoretical framework to assess the determinants of professional behaviors presents at least 3 advantages, 6,7 which include providing a basis for comparison between similar studies, offering a sound methodological approach that improves the internal validity of studies, and allowing for the development of strategies to improve the success of interventions to implement evidencebased practices.…”

“…1,5,8 Physicians who had a positive perception of the behavioral norm had 15 times greater odds of having a strong intention to wear gloves, compared with physicians who had a moderate or negative perception of the norm. 5 Perceived behavioral control reflects the underlying perceived consequences, because a perceived negative consequence may reduce perceived behavioral con-trol over uncertainties and will have a negative impact on behavioral intention. In a similar fashion, perceived positive consequences will increase perceived behavioral control over uncertainties and will thus have a positive impact on intention.…”

Using the Theory of Planned Behavior to Elicit Restaurant Employee Beliefs about Food Safety: Using Surveys Versus Focus Groups

“…For example, it is utilized to better understand healthcare professionals' behavior towards patients (e.g., Godin, Naccache & Fortin, 1998;Godin, Naccache, Morel & Ebacher, 2000;Jenner, Watson, Miller, Jones & Scott, 2002;Levin, 1999;Liabsuetrakul, Chongsuvivatwong, Lumiganon & Lindmark, 2003;O'Boyle, Henly & Larson, 2001). The theory is employed to understand ethical decision-making in the workplace (e.g., Flannery & May, 2000;Kurland, 1995;Randall & Gibson, 1991), employee health (e.g., Boudreau, Godin, Pineau & Bradet, 1995;Harrison & Liska, 1994;Sheeran & Silverman, 2003), and employee compliance with workplace policies (e.g., Boissonneault & Godin, 1990).…”