Narratives that address affective forecasting errors reduce perceived barriers to colorectal cancer screening

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-52

  Dillard, Amanda J ^a   Fagerlin, Angela ^a   Cin, Sonya Dal ^a   Zikmund Fisher, Brian J ^a   Ubel, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective forecasting; Barriers; Colon cancer screening; Intervention; Narratives; Risk perception; Tailoring; USA

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DISEASE TREATMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; FORECASTING METHOD; PREDICTION; RISK PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARRATIVE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREDICTION; UNITED STATES;

AFFECT; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953616388     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.02.038     Document Type: Article

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