Effects of risk-focused and recommendation-focused mental imagery on occupational risk communication

Health Communication

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 473-482

  Welbourne, Jennifer L ^a   Hartley, Tara A ^b   Ott, Sybil D ^b   Robertson, Sherrilyn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EQUIPMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH FAIRS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INTENTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (U.S.); PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53849125020     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410230802342168     Document Type: Article

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