Extending the theory of planned behaviour with mass and interpersonal communication constructs in predicting young educated females' intention of HPV vaccination: a case study of Hong Kong.

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Tang, Shing Tung. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 114-126). / Abstracts in English and Chinese; some appendixes in Chinese. / Chapter Chapter 1: --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 2: --- Background --- p.5 / HPV Vaccination and Cervical Cancer --- p.5 / Overview of HPV Vaccination in the West and Asia --- p.6 / Chapter Chapter 3: --- Literature Review --- p.9 / Applying the Theory of Planned Behavior in Vaccination Context --- p.9 / Effects of Mass and Interpersonal Communication --- p.22 / Relationship between Mass and Interpersonal Communication --- p.33 / Differential Effects of Mass and Interpersonal Communication --- p.39 / Chapter Chapter 4: --- Methodology --- p.45 / Participants and Procedure --- p.45 / Measures --- p.49 / Chapter Chapter 5: --- Results --- p.54 / Model Fit and Adjustments --- p.54 / Testing the Alternative Model --- p.56 / Evaluating Individual and Contextual Predictors --- p.59 / Examining the Context-to-intention Pathways --- p.60 / Summary of Findings --- p.61 / Chapter Chapter 6: --- Discussion --- p.63 / Comparing the Proposed and Alternative Model --- p.63 / Evaluating the TPB in Vaccination Context --- p.65 / Evaluating Mass and Interpersonal Communication as Contextual Predictors --- p.73 / Further Exploration on the Differential Effects --- p.76 / Theoretical Contributions and Practical Implications --- p.80 / Chapter Chapter 7: --- Limitations and Directions for Future Research --- p.85 / Limitations --- p.85 / Directions for Future Research --- p.90 / Chapter Chapter 8: --- Conclusion --- p.93 / Appendix --- p.96 / References --- p.114

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Tags

Cervix uteri--Cancer--Prevention

Health attitudes

Health attitudes--China--Hong Kong

Communication in medicine

Women--Attitudes

Women--China--Hong Kong--Attitudes

Attitude to Health

Attitude to Health--Hong Kong

Communications Media

Women's Health

Women's Health--Hong Kong

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_327239
Date	January 2010
Contributors	Tang, Shing Tung., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Communication.
Source Sets	The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Language	English, Chinese, Chinese
Detected Language	English
Type	Text, bibliography
Format	print, v, 126 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
Coverage	China, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Rights	Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)