Your client smokes three packs of cigarettes a day, and states that it is unlikely that he or she will have lung cancer. When you assess this client from the perspective of the Health Belief Model, which component is in force?

1. perceived susceptibility
2. perceived severity
3. perceived benefit
4. perceived barrier


ANS: 1

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