Open AccessThe 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 , public health , smoking cessation , risk assessment , health risk , psychology , oncology , confidence interval , surgery , nursing , computer security , paleontology , physics , pathology , 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.