Figure 1.
Schematic presentation of the Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) and its seven subconstructs.
PMT consists of seven constructs organized as two pathways (i.e. the threat appraisal pathway and the coping appraisal pathway) linking perceptions to behavior. The threat appraisal pathway consists of four constructs in two groups (severity and vulnerability, intrinsic rewards and extrinsic rewards). Coping appraisal pathway consists of three subconstructs in two groups (response efficacy and self-efficacy, response costs).
Table 1.
Characteristics of the study sample.
Table 2.
Knowledge and awareness of schistosomiasis and exposure to snail-conditioned water.
Table 3.
Intention to engage in schistosomiasis protective behaviors.
Table 4.
Schistosomiasis PMT scale.
Table 5.
Correlations of the schistosomiasis PMT subconstructs with knowledge and behavioral measures.
Figure 2.
Structural equation modeling of schistosomiasis knowledge, prior exposure, awareness, protective behavior, schistosomiasis PMT constructs and behavior intention.
The data-model fit indices: GFI = 0.98, CFI = 0.93, RMSEA = 0.06, Chi-square/df = 8.6. **: p<0.01 and *: p<0.05.