Optimizing Tailored Communications for Health Risk Assessment: A Randomized Factorial Experiment of the Effects of Expectancy Priming, Autonomy Support, and Exemplification.

Carmina G Valle Tara L Queen Barbara A Martin Kurt M Ribisl Deborah K Mayer Deborah F Tate

Published in: Journal of medical Internet research (2018)

Findings suggest that tailored feedback messages that use exemplars helped improve self-efficacy related to tobacco cessation, PA, eating habits, and weight control. Combining standard priming and autonomy supportive message components shows potential for optimizing tailored feedback for tobacco cessation and PA behaviors.

Keyphrases

health risk assessment
smoking cessation
heavy metals
weight loss
physical activity
drinking water
body mass index
weight gain
body weight
climate change