Worksheet 8 Sexually Transmitted Diseases

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One form of fear appeal message is that we should scare people, such as if they are to be urged to use condoms, then we will have to highlight how they can develop sexually transmitted diseases (such as HIV/AIDS) if they do not use condoms. This may include the portrayal of some patients who have had HIV/AIDS in advertisements or short movies so that more and more people can understand why they need to use condoms.
Risk perception, a major determinant of positive behavioral change, is widely conceptualized as a multiplicative or additive index of two core concepts: susceptibility to and severity of a health risk. It means if a medical condition is suspected, then it becomes necessary to determine how severe the illness is. This concept is often clarified in the form ...