The Health Belief Model includes which components?

• A. Health Care System Responsiveness
• B. Primary, Secondary, Tertiary Prevention
• C. Individual Perceptions, Modifying Factors, Likelihood of Action
• D. Academic Achievement

Answer: (C)

The Health Belief Model centers on how a person’s beliefs about a health issue and the perceived benefits and barriers of taking action influence their readiness to act. It organizes these ideas into three broad areas: how the person perceives the threat (individual perceptions), the factors that modify those perceptions (modifying factors like age, culture, prior experiences), and the likelihood of taking action (likelihood of action), which is shaped by cues to action and self-efficacy. This framing matches the option that describes individual perceptions, modifying factors, and likelihood of action.

Why this is the best fit: it captures the core structure of the model—how beliefs about health threats drive decisions to act, and how personal and situational factors influence those beliefs and the resulting action.

The other choices don’t fit because they describe concepts outside the Health Belief Model: system-level responsiveness of health care, general prevention levels (primary, secondary, tertiary), or unrelated outcomes like academic achievement.