title: HIV prevention for adolescents: utility of the Health Belief Model.
abstract: The Health Belief Model (HBM) has been applied to diverse sets of health behaviors. Research that suggests difficulties of the HBM in predicting future behaviors, especially HIV-related, is reviewed. Prominent features of adolescence that influence HIV-related risk behaviors are discussed including: cognitive immaturity, struggle for psychological autonomy, peer influences, and physical development. It is suggested that a model is needed to guide prevention efforts, and that these adolescent-specific factors need to be incorporated into any such model.
authors.affiliation: Brown University's Program in Medicine, Providence, RI 02903.
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: DiClemente
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Reynolds
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological