Database Link
- PubMed This link opens in a new window Comprehensive coverage of abstracts to the biomedical literature. Includes medicine, the allied health disciplines, and biomedical literature. Materials range from 1809 Onwards, with more recent decades better represented.
About PubMed
PubMed is a comprehensive biomedical database covering all areas of the health sciences. Here are recommended MeSH headings and title/abstract [TIAB] keywords for searching PubMed:
- "health promotion theor*"[TIAB]
- "health promotion model*"[TIAB]
- health belief model[MeSH]
- transtheoretical model[MeSH]
- theory of planned behavior[MeSH]
- conditioning, psychological[MeSH]
- social marketing[MeSH]
- diffusion of innovation[MeSH]
- adult learning theory[TIAB]
- health promotion[MeSH] AND models, theoretical[MeSH]
- "multi-theory model"[TIAB]
Example of a Search
Here is an example of how you might set up a search to look articles on the application of the health belief model and an individual's willingness to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
