Boekeloo Bradley O, Todaro Brooks Alyssa, Qi Wang Min
University of Maryland School of Public Health, Behavioral and Community Health, College Park, MD, USA.
Am J Health Behav. 2017 Mar 1;41(2):104-113. doi: 10.5993/AJHB.41.2.1.
We examined modifiable facilitation strategies (exposures) during high school that are associated with motiva- tion for minority youth pursuit of health science.
A sample (N = 116) of minority (73% African-American/Black, 21% Hispanic/Latino) 12th graders from 6 high schools in a lower socioeconomic area bordering Washington, DC completed a self-administered survey. Path modeling was used to examine whether: (1) exposures: high school science courses, extra-curricular science activities, personal health experiences, and adult encouragement predict Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) constructs including attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control, and (2) TPB constructs predict the outcome of intent to pursue college health science.
The path model indicated that adult encouragement was associated with attitude (p < .01), subjective norm (p < .01), and perceived behavioral control (p < .01); and personal health experiences were associated with attitude (p < .01). Attitude and subjective norm were associated with intent (p < .01).
Motivating minority high schoolers from low socioeconomic areas through adult encouragement and personal health experiences to value health scientists and to perceive that others support their pursuit of health science may be pathways for facilitating their intention to pursue college health science.
我们研究了高中阶段与少数族裔青少年追求健康科学的动机相关的可改变促进策略（接触因素）。
从华盛顿特区边界一个社会经济水平较低地区的6所高中抽取了116名12年级少数族裔学生（73%为非裔美国人/黑人，21%为西班牙裔/拉丁裔）作为样本，完成了一份自我管理的调查问卷。路径模型用于检验：（1）接触因素：高中科学课程、课外科学活动、个人健康经历和成人鼓励是否能预测计划行为理论（TPB）的构成要素，包括态度、主观规范和感知行为控制；（2）TPB构成要素是否能预测追求大学健康科学的意向这一结果。
路径模型表明，成人鼓励与态度（p < .01）、主观规范（p < .01）和感知行为控制（p < .01）相关；个人健康经历与态度（p < .01）相关。态度和主观规范与意向相关（p < .01）。
通过成人鼓励和个人健康经历，激励来自社会经济水平较低地区的少数族裔高中生重视健康科学家，并认为他人支持他们追求健康科学，可能是促进他们追求大学健康科学意向的途径。
