Violence Prevention Health Communication --Health Belief Model The HBM was spelled out in terms of four constructs representing the perceived threat and net benefits: perceived susceptibility,perceived severity, perceived benefits,and perceived barriers.These concepts were proposed as accounting for people's "readiness to act."An added concept,cues to action, would activate that readiness and stimulate overt behavior.A recent addition to the HBM is the concept of self-efficacy,or one's confidence in the ability to successfully perform an action.This concept was added by Rosenstock and others in 1988 to help the HBM better fit the challenges of changing habitual unhealthy behaviors,such as being sedentary,smoking,or overeating.The HBM was spelled out in terms of four constructs representing the perceived threat and net benefits: perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, and perceived barriers. These concepts were proposed as accounting for people's "readiness to act." An added concept, cues to action, would activate that readiness and stimulate overt behavior. A recent addition to the HBM is the concept of self-efficacy, or one's confidence in the ability to successfully perform an action. This concept was added by Rosenstock and others in 1988 to help the HBM better fit the challenges of changing habitual unhealthy behaviors, such as being sedentary, smoking, or overeating. Health Communication -- Health Belief Model