Journal
FAMILY & COMMUNITY HEALTH
Volume 42, Issue 2, Pages 109-116Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0000000000000219
Keywords
health-promoting behaviors; health self-efficacy; rural health; treatment adherence
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Rural residents have lower levels of engagement in health-promoting behaviors and treatment adherence than their urban counterparts. This cross-sectional study sought to understand the role of health self-efficacy as a precursor to engagement in health-promoting behaviors and treatment adherence in 273 rural patients. Structural equation model was used to examine whether health self-efficacy predicted engagement in health-promoting behaviors and treatment adherence. Results show that health self-efficacy predicts engagement in health-promoting behaviors and treatment adherence. Boosting patients' health self-efficacy could be a way of increasing their engagement in health-promoting behaviors and treatment adherence and thus of improving their health outcomes.
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