Using an Internet-Based Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool to Improve Social-Cognitive Precursors of Physical Activity

Stephanie L. Fowler, William M. P. Klein, Linda Ball, Jaclyn McGuire, Graham A. Colditz and Erika A. Waters

Medical Decision Making, 2017, vol. 37, issue 6, 657-669

Abstract: Background . Internet-based cancer risk assessment tools might serve as a strategy for translating epidemiological risk prediction research into public health practice. Understanding how such tools affect key social-cognitive precursors of behavior change is crucial for leveraging their potential into effective interventions. Purpose . To test the effects of a publicly available, Internet-based, breast cancer risk assessment tool on social-cognitive precursors of physical activity. Methods . Women (N = 132) aged 40–78 with no personal cancer history indicated their perceived risk of breast cancer and were randomly assigned to receive personalized ( www.yourdiseaserisk.wustl.edu ) or nonpersonalized breast cancer risk information. Immediately thereafter, breast cancer risk perceptions and physical activity-related behavioral intentions, self-efficacy, and response efficacy were assessed. Results . Personalized information elicited higher intentions, self-efficacy, and response efficacy than nonpersonalized information, P values

Keywords: health communication; risk prediction; health cognitions; risk perception; cancer (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1177/0272989X17699835

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