Predictors of Intention to Seek Medical Help by Peruvian Mothers for Children Who Have Signs of Pneumonia
The Theory of Planned Behavior was used to assess predictors of Peruvian mothers seeking medical help when they believed their child had signs of pneumonia. Open-ended interviews to identify beliefs were followed by a questionnaire administered to 500 mothers from low-income settlements in Lima in J...
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| author | César Augusto Gálvez Naomi Modeste Jerry W. Lee Hector M. Betancourt Robert L. Wilkins |
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| description | The Theory of Planned Behavior was used to assess predictors of Peruvian mothers seeking medical help when they believed their child had signs of pneumonia. Open-ended interviews to identify beliefs were followed by a questionnaire administered to 500 mothers from low-income settlements in Lima in June and July 2000. Subjective norm (what important referents want) was the best predictor of intention, followed by mothers' feelings about how easy it would be to take the child to the clinic. Attitude toward taking the child to a clinic was not a significant predictor of intention. This study indicates a stronger role for subjective norm than attitudes and perceived control in similar studies done with this model in other settings. It, of course, only predicts intention to act and not behavior, important here given social-economic barriers, e.g., cost, to access to care among this study group. |
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| spelling | openalex:W2041336354Predictors of Intention to Seek Medical Help by Peruvian Mothers for Children Who Have Signs of PneumoniaCésar Augusto GálvezNaomi ModesteJerry W. LeeHector M. BetancourtRobert L. Wilkinspediatric pneumoniahelp-seekingmaternal intentiontheory of planned behaviorsubjective normsattitudes toward health careperceived behavioral controllow-income mothershealth care accessPneumonia and Respiratory InfectionsBehavioral Health and InterventionsGlobal Maternal and Child HealthThe Theory of Planned Behavior was used to assess predictors of Peruvian mothers seeking medical help when they believed their child had signs of pneumonia. Open-ended interviews to identify beliefs were followed by a questionnaire administered to 500 mothers from low-income settlements in Lima in June and July 2000. Subjective norm (what important referents want) was the best predictor of intention, followed by mothers' feelings about how easy it would be to take the child to the clinic. Attitude toward taking the child to a clinic was not a significant predictor of intention. This study indicates a stronger role for subjective norm than attitudes and perceived control in similar studies done with this model in other settings. It, of course, only predicts intention to act and not behavior, important here given social-economic barriers, e.g., cost, to access to care among this study group.Articlehttps://doi.org/10.2190/jn4k-2w3q-lv87-nyunW2041336354enInternational Quarterly of Community Health Education0272-684X1541-35192001-01-01 |
| spellingShingle | pediatric pneumonia help-seeking maternal intention theory of planned behavior subjective norms attitudes toward health care perceived behavioral control low-income mothers health care access Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Behavioral Health and Interventions Global Maternal and Child Health César Augusto Gálvez Naomi Modeste Jerry W. Lee Hector M. Betancourt Robert L. Wilkins Predictors of Intention to Seek Medical Help by Peruvian Mothers for Children Who Have Signs of Pneumonia |
| title | Predictors of Intention to Seek Medical Help by Peruvian Mothers for Children Who Have Signs of Pneumonia |
| title_full | Predictors of Intention to Seek Medical Help by Peruvian Mothers for Children Who Have Signs of Pneumonia |
| title_fullStr | Predictors of Intention to Seek Medical Help by Peruvian Mothers for Children Who Have Signs of Pneumonia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Predictors of Intention to Seek Medical Help by Peruvian Mothers for Children Who Have Signs of Pneumonia |
| title_short | Predictors of Intention to Seek Medical Help by Peruvian Mothers for Children Who Have Signs of Pneumonia |
| title_sort | predictors of intention to seek medical help by peruvian mothers for children who have signs of pneumonia |
| topic | pediatric pneumonia help-seeking maternal intention theory of planned behavior subjective norms attitudes toward health care perceived behavioral control low-income mothers health care access Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Behavioral Health and Interventions Global Maternal and Child Health |
| topic_facet | pediatric pneumonia help-seeking maternal intention theory of planned behavior subjective norms attitudes toward health care perceived behavioral control low-income mothers health care access Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Behavioral Health and Interventions Global Maternal and Child Health |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2190/jn4k-2w3q-lv87-nyun |
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