To which factors are knowledge antecedents related?


Knowledge antecedents tend to be related to risk, skills, or resources. First, knowledge of what puts an individual at risk for a potential health outcome is a behavioral antecedent. For example, in tobacco research, smokers who reported incorrect knowledge about the health risks of newer tobacco products were less likely to attempt smoking cessation. Second, all skills have a knowledge component, identification of the elements of the skill, which precedes skill performance. For example, refusal skill development helps adolescents remain tobacco and alcohol free. To perform this skill, adolescents must be familiar with the different types of peer pressure and ways of using refusal skills. Finally, behavioral knowledge can involve knowing where or how to access resources. For instance, from research, smokers who reported knowing that tobacco dependence treatment, such as counseling and pharmaceutical products, were covered by insurance were more likely to use the resources and more likely to attempt cessation.?

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a. get oral authorization from the patient. b. send the information via the physician's cell phone or PDA and let the patient know after the transmission. c. err by not disclosing rather than disclosing. d. remember that the owner of the privilege to keep information confidential is the physician.

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