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Table 1 Health Beliefs Model (HBM) constructs related to radon

From: Using the precaution adoption process model and the health belief model to understand radon testing and mitigation: a pre-post quasi-experimental study

HBM construct

Radon testing- and/or mitigation-specific construct

Perceived susceptibility

To having high levels of radon in one’s area or home

To illness from radon

Perceived severity

Of illness due to radon

Perceived barriers

To testing for radon

To mitigating homes with high levels of radon

Perceived benefits

Of mitigating homes with high levels of radon

Self-efficacy

In testing one’s home for radon

In mitigating ones’ home for radon

Cue to actiona

To radon testinga

To mitigationa

  1. aNot included in the study