Health education
Read the following article at the end of the chapter on Protection Motivation Theory in your textbook:
Babazadeh, T., Nardrian, H., Nanayejeddi, M., & Rezapour, B. (2016). Determinants of skin cancer prevention behaviors among rural farmers in Iran: An application of protection motivation theory. Journal of Cancer Education, online.
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Based on the information in the article answer the following questions:
1- Based on the PMT constructs of threat and coping appraisal, what suggestions would you make regarding the focus of interventions to reduce skin cancer prevalence?
2- In what ways, if any, were your threat and/or coping appraisal responses the same as those of the farmers? Do you think the suggested intervention foci would be effective?
