Testing verbal quantifiers for social norms messages in cancer screening: evidence from an online experiment

Studies have shown that presenting correct information about group norms to correct misperceptions of norms can influence health behaviours. In two online studies we investigated how different ways of communicating the current uptake of 43% of the English Bowel Scope Screening (BSS) programme affect...

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Main Authors: Stoffel, Sandro Tiziano (Author) , Goodwin, Maria (Author) , Sieverding, Monika (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 29 May 2019
In: BMC public health
Year: 2019, Volume: 19
ISSN:1471-2458
DOI:10.1186/s12889-019-6997-5
Online Access:Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6997-5
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Author Notes:Sandro T. Stoffel, Maria Goodwin, Monika Sieverding, Ivo Vlaev, Christian von Wagner
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Summary:Studies have shown that presenting correct information about group norms to correct misperceptions of norms can influence health behaviours. In two online studies we investigated how different ways of communicating the current uptake of 43% of the English Bowel Scope Screening (BSS) programme affects intention among disinclined men and women.
Item Description:Gesehen am 03.07.2019
Physical Description:Online Resource
ISSN:1471-2458
DOI:10.1186/s12889-019-6997-5