According to the health-belief model, which factors influence whether a person will engage in a particular health-promoting behavior?

a. Feeling susceptible to a severe disease
b. Being told to do so by a significant other on a frequent basis
c. Believing that high-income persons engage in such behavior
d. Viewing posters emphasizing the behavior in an area that the person frequents


ANS: A

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