Understanding COVID-19 preventive behavior: An application of the health belief model in the Philippine setting

• Main Authors: Engracia Arceo (Author), John Edlor Jurado (Author), Leslee Anne Cortez (Author), Nestor Sibug (Author), Gestrelle Lides Sarmiento (Author), Amica Coleen Lawingco (Author), Carisse Carbungco (Author), Raphael Enrique Tiongco (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: With the Philippines emerging as the hotspot in the Western Pacific Region for the COVID-19 cases, the study aimed to understand the COVID-19 preventive behavior of Filipinos using the health belief model (HBM). MATERIALS AND METHODS: The cross-sectional study included 304 respondents re...