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Using the Extended Health Belief Model to understand siblings' perceptions of risk for hereditary hemochromatosis.
Patient education and counseling - 1 Jan 2011
Bylund Carma L, Galvin Kathleen M, Dunet Diane O, Reyes Michele
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OBJECTIVE: this research focuses on individuals' reactions to news that a sibling has been diagnosed with hereditary hemochromatosis (HH). We used the Extended Health Belief Model (EHBM) to frame our analysis of siblings' perceptions of risk for HH and decision of whether to obtain diagnostic testing. METHOD: 60 patient and 25 sibling interviews were transcribed and thematically analyzed for the six components of...
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