Objective: To examine the effect that community-based health examinations had on people’s health concepts regarding seeking future health examinations.
Study Design: The research participants were individuals who had received a health examination provided at two branches of a hospital in central Taiwan. After completing the health examination, questionnaires were distributed among the individuals who provided written consent to survey their attitudes anonymously.An anonymous questionnaire was administered to survey people’s intentions.
Results: The results of the second-order structural model indicate that attitudes positively predict behavioral intentions, and subjective norms also positively predict behavioral intentions. The social benefit factor and individual benefits factor were shown to be positive and statistically significant. Individuals who agreed to accepting the advice of family members or co-workers regarding undergoing community-based health examinations, and those who agreed to accepting the advice from health care institutions or government health agencies, were more inclined to undergo future health examinations. Perceived behavioral control construct and self-rated health construct showed no significant effect on intentions to seek subsequent health examinations.
Conclusions: People’s health concepts regarding health examinations and their desire to continue receiving health examinations must be considered when promoting health examinations in the community. Regarding hospital management and the government’s implementation of primary health care, health examination services should address people’s medical needs to increase coverage and participation rates.
