Information Seeking Behaviors and Intentions in Response to Environmental Health Risk Messages: A Test of A Reduced Risk Information Seeking Model.
Health Commun
; 36(14): 1889-1897, 2021 12.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32885676
ABSTRACT
This study tests the effects of environmental health risk messages on perceived risk, information needs and decisions to seek information, testing a reduced risk information seeking and processing model (R-RISP). Participants (N = 1,823) were randomized to one of three risk conditions (arsenic, bisphenol A [BPA] or volatile organic compounds [VOCs]) and one of the three message conditions (high threat, low threat or no message); participants in the high and low threat message conditions were also randomly assigned to a seeking cue to action condition (with or without seeking cue). Overall, the results support the R-RISP model, demonstrating the importance of current knowledge perceptions and informational subjective norms in information acquisition decisions. In addition, the results also provide initial evidence that environmental health risk messages can prompt information seeking and increase intentions to seek information in the future. Avenues for future research are discussed.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Intention
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Information Seeking Behavior
Type of study:
Clinical_trials
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Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Health Commun
Journal subject:
PESQUISA EM SERVICOS DE SAUDE
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SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Year:
2021
Document type:
Article