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An Application of Protection Motivation Theory to Injection Motivation of Hepatitis B Vaccination among Rural Residents in China Objective To assess health protection motivation as explained by the constructs of protection motivation theory (PMT) and its association with injection motivation of Hepatitis B vaccination among rural residents over 15 years. Methods The sample included 817 African American youth (13–16 years old) participating in an adolescent risk-reduction program. We developed an instrument (PMT factors) measuring the level of protection motivation using factor analysis, which combined with age, educational level, marriage status, past behavior and so on to examine the influence of PMT factors to injection motivation of Hepatitis B vaccination among rural residents over 15 years. Results In sum, 151 participants reported selling and/or delivering drugs during the study period. The significant inverse correlation between drug-trafficking intention and health protection motivation was consistent with PMT. Changes in LHPM were strongly associated with the dynamics of behavior over 2 years. Conclusions Adolescent drug trafficking can be predicted by an overall level of health protection motivation. PMT and related theories should be considered in the design of drug-trafficking prevention intervention. Key words: protection motivation theory; Hepatitis B Vaccination; Rural Residents; China 1 INTRODUCTION HB in the world, HB in China, HB Vaccination and HB Vaccination in China(Immunization policy and adults)(The importance of individuals’ cognition on HB and HB Vaccination to HB vaccnation behavior) Hepatitis B (HB) is the most serious infective disease in virus hepatitis, and it ranks 10th place of the causes of global death. Approximately 30% of the world’s populations have serological evidence of infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV). Currently, China is the only country with high prevalence of HBV in Asia. There are 130 million populations who have b