An Application of Health Belief Model for Nurses’Pevention Behaviors about Needle-Stick Injury, lood and Body Fluid Exposure
Date Issued
2008
Date
2008
Author(s)
Lin, Pei-Yu
Abstract
The aim of the study was to explore the registered nurses’ health belief about the prevention behaviors of needle-stick injury, blood and body fluid exposure. We used the questionnaires and surveyed nurses working in the five branches of Taipei City Hospital. There were 774 effective questionnaires return, and the response rate was about 57%. he results showed: they were most female nurses, single, got the college or baccalaureate degrees, working about 1-5 years in the hospital, had experienced the needle-stick injuries, blood and body fluid injuries, and had the hepatitis B antibodies. They agreed they would tend to get the blood-borne diseases if they got the needle-stick injuries or blood and body fluid exposures, as well as hurt their beloved families badly. They thought it was good to wear protection equipments and to take protective actions. Besides, they disagreed that time-consuming or less efficient were barriers in wearing the protection equipments. If there were more cues to action, it would push them to take the protective actions. he demographic factors such as gender, age, blood and body fluid exposure experience, and health beliefs,”perceived benefits, perceived barriers and cues to action”, were statistically significant in protective behaviors. The predict factors were “perceived benefits”, and “perceived barriers”, however, they only explained 10% of the variance of the preventive behavior. ”Perceived barriers” is the most influential predictor. It is suggested that further studies examine self-efficacy factor, other than health belief. It is also suggested that intervention strategy to strengthen the preventive behavior. The study was not generalizable to nurses working in other hospitals in Taiwan, but it was useful to provide information in designing the nurses’ training programs about the prevention behaviors of the needle-stick injury, blood and body fluid exposure.
Subjects
nurses
health belief
needle-stick injury
blood and body fluid exposure
training programs
SDGs
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