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The four major areas investigated by this study were: (1) an examination of the Soviet health care system; (2) the identification of specific health beliefs held by the Soviet Jewish immigrants; (3) the identification of specific preventive health behaviors performed by Soviet immigrants; and (4) the relationship between the differing health beliefs and health behaviors of the Soviet Jewish immigrants and sociodemographic characteristics.","abstract_html":"The study was undertaken to identify the health beliefs and health behaviors of recent Soviet Jewish immigrants to Chicago in order to respond to the health education needs of this population. The Health Belief Model provided the conceptual framework for the study. 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Frequency distributions were calculated for each of the variables. Cross-tabulations were calculated and chi square statistics tested for significance of differences between distributions. A stepwise discriminant function analysis was performed that examined the relationship between health status and predictor variables.","The following findings about this group of Soviet Jewish immigrants were reported: (1) health was of great importance; (2) the sample did not perceive itself to be healthy; (3) medical care was believed to be therapeutic; (4) heavy reliance on the medical care system was reported; (5) distinctions between major and minor illnesses were not made; (6) preventive health behaviors were believed to be effective in health maintenance; (7) a relationship was observed between the belief in the efficacy of a preventive health behavior and the performance of that behavior. 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