title: Using the health belief model for bulimia prevention.
abstract: The author discusses application of the Health Belief Model to bulimia prevention (reduction of bulimic-like behaviors of food obsessions, bingeing, and various forms of purging). She considers the individual's beliefs about bulimia and bulimic-like behaviors as a means of predicting the likelihood of behavior change to prevent clinically diagnosable bulimia, includes a description of each Health Belief Model component, and offers implications for further research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Service, William Paterson College, Wayne, New Jersey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grodner
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D002032:Bulimia / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D003463:Cues; D015438:Health Behavior; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological