Managing Fear to Promote Healthy Change

Merissa Ferrara; Anthony Roberto; Kim Witte

doi:10.1002/9781118241868.ch13

Managing Fear to Promote Healthy Change

Merissa Ferrara, Anthony Roberto, Kim Witte

Human Communication, Hugh Downs School of

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Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Obregon/The Handbook of Global Health Communication
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell
Pages	274-287
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Print)	9781444338621
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118241868.ch13
State	Published - May 29 2012

Keywords

Danger control response, perceived threat and perceived efficacy, high
EPPM (Witte, 1992), the fear-as-acquired drive model
EPPM - high-threat/low-efficacy example
EPPM, altering people's health knowledge base
EPPM, as an effective tool in promoting healthy change
Individual in fear control, with perceived threat high and perceived efficacy, low
Namibians and the HIV/AIDS threat, message design impact on threat
RPA framework, using two HIV/AIDS-prevention behaviors
Susceptibility and severity, the perceived threat, and perceived efficacy
managing fear, promoting a healthy change

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General Social Sciences

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