David A K, Boldt J S
J Fam Pract. 1980 Jul;11(1):77-84.
Preventive health care has been identified as a major function of the family physician. The ability of the family physician to significantly affect the preventive health status of a patient and his/her family is largely dependent on the preventive health attitudes and health care practices of the patient. This preliminary study identifies some of the attitudes towards preventive health and reported health care practices of a sample of patients in a model family practice unit. The authors found that social position was significantly associated with assessment of personal health, attitudes towards preventive health practices, and attitudes toward the preventive function of the physician. While the majority of the study population was willing to spend time to obtain preventive health care services, the same population was almost evenly divided about their willingness to spend extra money to obtain these services. The physician was cited as the most frequent source of health care information by respondents in this study.
预防保健已被视为家庭医生的一项主要职能。家庭医生显著影响患者及其家人预防健康状况的能力，在很大程度上取决于患者的预防保健态度和医疗保健行为。这项初步研究确定了一个示范家庭医疗单位中部分患者对预防保健的态度以及所报告的医疗保健行为。作者发现，社会地位与个人健康评估、对预防保健行为的态度以及对医生预防保健职能的态度显著相关。虽然大多数研究对象愿意花时间获取预防保健服务，但在是否愿意额外花钱获取这些服务的问题上，他们的态度几乎平分秋色。在这项研究中，受访者将医生列为最常见的医疗保健信息来源。
