How people use information about changes in infections and disease prevalence.

Haesung JungDolores Albarracín

Published in: Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association (2023)

Information about changes in infections consistently influences people's risk judgments and drive subsequent behavioral response. The impact of prevalence information, however, is limited to situations in which changes in infections are stable, such that it affects risk judgments and behavior decisions only when changes in infections demonstrate a constant upward or downward direction. The results point to the need for public health interventions to increase the impact of prevalence information. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

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