The Fact That Younger, Less Knowledgeable Individuals Tend to Benefit

question 36

Multiple Choice

The fact that younger, less knowledgeable individuals tend to benefit more from educational interventions about how AIDS is transmitted, while older individuals benefit more from interventions that stir them into preventive action, most directly supports:

• A) the health-belief model.
• B) the theory of planned behavior.
• C) stage theories of behavior change.
• D) cognitive-behavior theory.

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