##  [Health Belief Model](/health-belief-model) 

  ##  [Health Belief Model](https://health.quantumdictionary.io/health-belief-model-0) 

  

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**Health & Life Sciences Dictionary**

 







 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

Definition

A psychological framework that predicts an individual's likelihood of adopting a health behaviour based on six proximal cognitive constructs: perceived susceptibility to a health threat, perceived severity of that threat, perceived benefits of the recommended action, perceived barriers to taking that action, cues to action (triggers), and self‑efficacy to perform the behaviour.