Hubert J M
Rev Belge Med Dent (1984). 1989;44(1):99-113.
Adoption of health practices is a major problem for health educators. Some behavioral causes are now determined in a lot of diseases. For example, it appears that sugar consumption is related to decayed teeth. The adoption of preventive health behavior is linked first to individual motivation. This motivation seems to be subject to the perceived threat of disease "X", which is determined by: perceived susceptibility to disease "X", perceived seriousness (severity) of disease "X". In the presence of some modifying factors, the perceived threat leads to the adoption of preventive health practices. We have studied, in a sample of dentists faced with a sample of young mothers, the perceived susceptibility to dental diseases and the perceived severity of dental diseases. It appears that dental diseases are perceived as health problems in any group, but with a moderate severity. This moderate severity can be explained by a lot of causes and is determined by the level of threat. This level of threat is in relation to the likelihood of action. We have also measured the perception by dentists of the perceived causes, severity and susceptibility in dental disease reported by the patients. Some differences are significant and influence the educational climate of the "dentist-patient" relationship. Maybe the dentists are not sufficiently aware of these differences in their educational function?
采用健康行为对健康教育工作者来说是一个主要问题。现在已经确定了许多疾病的一些行为成因。例如，糖的摄入量似乎与龋齿有关。预防性健康行为的采用首先与个人动机相关。这种动机似乎取决于对“X”疾病的感知威胁，而这又由以下因素决定：对“X”疾病的感知易感性、对“X”疾病的感知严重性（严重程度）。在一些调节因素的影响下，感知威胁会导致人们采用预防性健康行为。我们在一组面对年轻母亲样本的牙医中进行了研究，了解他们对牙科疾病的感知易感性和感知严重性。结果显示，在任何群体中，牙科疾病都被视为健康问题，但严重程度适中。这种适中的严重程度可以由多种原因解释，并且由威胁程度决定。这种威胁程度与采取行动的可能性相关。我们还测量了牙医对患者报告的牙科疾病的感知成因、严重程度和易感性的看法。一些差异很显著，并影响了“医患”关系的教育氛围。也许牙医在其教育功能方面对这些差异的认识还不够充分？
