The unintended impact of smoking-risk information on concerns about radon: A randomized controlled trial. | Zendy

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The unintended impact of smoking-risk information on concerns about radon: A randomized controlled trial.

Author(s) -

Joshua M. Gold,

Jillian O’Rourke Stuart,

Kelsey C. Thiem,

R. William Field,

Jeannette Fernandez-Baca,

Paul D. Windschitl

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

health psychology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.548

H-Index - 164

eISSN - 1930-7810

pISSN - 0278-6133

DOI - 10.1037/hea0000681

Subject(s) - radon , medicine , environmental health , context (archaeology) , lung cancer , randomized controlled trial , relative risk , risk perception , smoking cessation , public health , risk assessment , psychology , oncology , confidence interval , surgery , nursing , computer security , pathology , paleontology , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , computer science , perception , biology

Health communications are often viewed by people with varying levels of risk. This project examined, in the context of radon risk messages, whether information relevant to high-risk individuals can have an unintended influence on lower-risk individuals. Two studies assessed whether information about lung cancer risk from smoking reduced concerns about lung cancer risk from radon among nonsmokers.

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