Utilizing the Health Belief Model to understand heat mitigation behaviors in the United States: Results of an online panel survey.

ABSTRACT: The factors impacting individual-level heat mitigation behaviors (e.g., seeking shade, staying cool, wearing loose-fitting clothes) during extreme heat events among adults in the United States are poorly understood. The Health Belief Model (HBM) has been used extensively to explore health promoting behaviors; we explored the application of the HBM constructs to understand heat mitigation behaviors among U.S. adults. Online panel data from the Household Emergency Preparedness Survey was collected in May 2024 to explore knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviors related to extreme heat mitigation among a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults. An outcome variable assessing likeliness to engage in heat mitigation behaviors was developed by dichotomizing a sum of responses to questio

SUBMITTER: Martinez B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12520335 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature