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Low Health Literacy and Health Information Avoidance but Not Satisficing Help Explain "Don't Know" Responses to Questions Assessing Perceived Risk.

Heather OromElizabeth SchofieldMarc T KiviniemiErika A WatersCaitlin BiddleXuewei ChenYuelin LiKimberly A KaphingstJennifer L Hay
Published in: Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making (2019)
DK responders may need more health information, but it needs to be delivered differently. Interventions might include targeting messages for lower health literacy audiences and disrupting defensive avoidance of threatening health information.
Keyphrases
  • health information
  • social media
  • physical activity
  • healthcare
  • depressive symptoms
  • social support
  • mental health
  • cancer therapy
  • drug delivery