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Health belief modelIllness behaviorPsychologyHealth behaviorSociology of health and illnessMedicineHealth carePsychiatryEnvironmental healthPublic healthHealth promotionNursingPolitical science
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- 2
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- 4
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- 387-408
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- 216
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John P. Kirscht
(1974).
The Health Belief Model and Illness Behavior.
Health Education Monographs
, 2
(4)
, 387-408.
https://doi.org/10.1177/109019817400200406
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- 10.1177/109019817400200406