Table 4.
Relating Preventive Health Model (PHM) factors to Precaution Adoption Process Model (PAPM) decision stage for colorectal cancer screening via fecal occult blood test (FOBT).
PAPM decision stage | PHM factors most strongly associated with decision stagea |
Never heard of FOBT | Salience and coherence, susceptibility |
Not considered FOBT | Susceptibility, response efficacy |
Decided against FOBT | Susceptibility, self-efficacy |
Undecided about FOBT | Salience and coherence, self-efficacy |
Decided to use FOBT | Response efficacy, self-efficacy |
a Source: [14].