Reducing aversion to side effects in preventive medical treatment decisionsErika A Waters
Department of Psychology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, NJ, USA
J Exp Psychol Appl 13:11-21. 2007
..The ability of arrays to reduce side effect aversion was not attributable to greater accuracy in evaluating the treatment's net benefit...
- Explanations for side effect aversion in preventive medical treatment decisions
Erika A Waters
Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, Office of Preventive Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7365, USA
Health Psychol 28:201-9. 2009
..quot; One was derived from mental accounting, one examined the mere presence of a side effect, and one focused on computational difficulties...
- Cancer prevention information-seeking among Hispanic and non-Hispanic users of the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service: trends in telephone and LiveHelp use
Erika A Waters
Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch, Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
J Health Commun 14:476-86. 2009
..When communicating cancer prevention information via multiple channels, it is important to consider differences in access to communication technologies and preferred communication channels among ethnic minority groups...
- What is my cancer risk? How internet-based cancer risk assessment tools communicate individualized risk estimates to the public: content analysis
Erika A Waters
Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7365, USA
J Med Internet Res 11:e33. 2009
..However, poorly communicated information on these websites may result in unintended adverse health outcomes...
- Aversion to side effects in preventive medical treatment decisions
Erika A Waters
Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, USA
Br J Health Psychol 12:383-401. 2007
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- Formats for improving risk communication in medical tradeoff decisions
Erika A Waters
Department of Psychology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
J Health Commun 11:167-82. 2006
..These findings provide suggestions of ways to present risk probabilities that may help patients understand their treatment options...
- Requests for cancer prevention information: the cancer information service (2002-2006)
Helen W Sullivan
Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch, Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute NCI, National Institutes of Health NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
J Cancer Educ 25:16-22. 2010
..Demographic characteristics were associated with patterns of change across time. Results suggest that efforts are needed to increase public awareness of cancer prevention, particularly among certain populations...
- Perceived risk, trust and health-related quality of life among cancer survivors
Erika A Waters
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
Ann Behav Med 39:91-7. 2010
..To design effective interventions that improve cancer survivors' health-related quality of life (HRQoL), it is necessary to understand how HRQoL is related to cancer cognitions and interpersonal/social factors...
