Influencing health decision-making: A study of colour and message framing

Voss, Raymond P.; Corser, Ryan; McCormick, Michael; Jasper, John D.

doi:10.1080/08870446.2018.1453509

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“…Among the studies used, 5 were funded by the government or institute grant [ 22 , 23 , 25 , 26 , 38 ], 2 by the institute and the center [ 24 , 29 ], 2 by the institute and universities [ 30 , 34 ], 2 by universities [ 28 , 37 ], and 1 by the health charity and behavioral insights project [ 35 ]. The remaining 12 studies did not report receiving any funding [ 21 , 27 , 31 - 33 , 36 , 39 - 44 ].…”

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“…Because some cancers are associated with a particular sex, 2 studies notably recruited all-male participants [ 32 , 42 ], while another 10 studies recruited all-female participants [ 21 , 23 , 24 , 26 , 30 , 34 , 35 , 37 , 39 , 44 ]. Also, there was a range of different cancer topics targeted during the study interventions, including 9 studies for skin cancer [ 22 , 25 , 27 , 31 , 33 , 36 , 40 , 41 , 45 ], 2 for colorectal cancer [ 28 , 38 ], and 1 for lung cancer [ 29 ].…”

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Effects of Message Framing on Cancer Prevention and Detection Behaviors, Intentions, and Attitudes: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

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Zhang²,

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J Med Internet Res

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Background With the increasing health care burden of cancer, public health organizations are increasingly emphasizing the importance of calling people to engage in long-term prevention and periodical detection. How to best deliver behavioral recommendations and health outcomes in messaging is an important issue. Objective This study aims to disaggregate the effects of gain-framed and loss-framed messages on cancer prevention and detection behaviors and intentions and attitudes, which has the potential to inform cancer control programs. Methods A search of three electronic databases (Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed) was conducted for studies published between January 2000 and December 2020. After a good agreement achieved on a sample by two authors, the article selection (κ=0.8356), quality assessment (κ=0.8137), and data extraction (κ=0.9804) were mainly performed by one author. The standardized mean difference (attitude and intention) and the odds ratio (behaviors) were calculated to evaluate the effectiveness of message framing (gain-framed message and loss-framed message). Calculations were conducted, and figures were produced by Review Manager 5.3. Results The title and abstract of 168 unique citations were scanned, of which 53 were included for a full-text review. A total of 24 randomized controlled trials were included, predominantly examining message framing on cancer prevention and detection behavior change interventions. There were 9 studies that used attitude to predict message framing effect and 16 studies that used intention, whereas 6 studies used behavior to examine the message framing effect directly. The use of loss-framed messages improved cancer detection behavior (OR 0.76, 95% CI 0.64-0.90; P=.001), and the results from subgroup analysis indicated that the effect would be weak with time. No effect of framing was found when effectiveness was assessed by attitudes (prevention: SMD=0.02, 95% CI –0.13 to 0.17; P=.79; detection: SMD=–0.05, 95% CI –0.15 to 0.05; P=.32) or intentions (prevention: SMD=–0.05, 95% CI –0.19 to 0.09; P=.48; detection: SMD=0.02, 95% CI –0.26 to 0.29; P=.92) among studies encouraging cancer prevention and cancer detection. Conclusions Research has shown that it is almost impossible to change people's attitudes or intentions about cancer prevention and detection with a gain-framed or loss-framed message. However, loss-framed messages have achieved preliminary success in persuading people to adopt cancer detection behaviors. Future studies could improve the intervention design to achieve better intervention effectiveness.

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Effects of Message Framing on Cancer Prevention and Detection Behaviors, Intentions, and Attitudes: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Ainiwaer¹,

Zhang²,

Ainiwaer³

et al. 2021

J Med Internet Res

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“…Despite voluminous behavioral and some neurological support, a growing body of research calls into question the completeness of the traditional dual-process view of decision making (Gonzalez et al, 2005; Kruglanski et al, 2006; O'Keefe and Jensen, 2007, 2009; Kühberger and Tanner, 2010; Gigerenzer and Gaissmaier, 2011; Reyna and Brainerd, 2011; Wright et al, 2012, 2013; Mega et al, 2015; Smith et al, 2015; Van't Reit et al, 2016; Li et al, 2017; Seta et al, 2017; Voss et al, 2018). Two recent brain imaging studies, for example, reported that increased DMN activation (and/or connectivity) was related to RCFE susceptibility to a greater extent than reward related processing, contrary to the predictions of traditional dual-process theories (Smith et al, 2015; Li et al, 2017).…”

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Neural Underpinnings of Financial Decision Bias in Older Adults: Putative Theoretical Models and a Way to Reconcile Them

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“…The way people process health-related information is not completely rational [6,7]; this indicates that the sole examination of media presentations cannot precisely measure the real persuasive effects of messages [8,9]. People's decision-making preferences are also affected by how information is presented [10][11][12]. According to framing effect theory, different presentations of health-related information can affect individuals' decision-making preferences.…”

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Persuasive Effects of Message Framing and Narrative Format on Promoting COVID-19 Vaccination: A Study on Chinese College Students

2021

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During a public health crisis, the provision and dissemination of health-related information are important for the relevant authorities to keep the public informed. By using different types of message framing, the authorities can effectively guide and persuade people to adopt health-related behaviors (such as vaccination). In this study, a web-based experiment using a 2 × 2 (message framing: gain framing versus loss framing) × (message presentation: narrative versus non-narrative) design was conducted to investigate the effects of different message frames on vaccination promotion. In total, 298 college students were recruited to participate in this study. The results suggest that, for message framing, loss-framed (vs. gain-framed) messages lead to higher intentions to get vaccinated. Furthermore, compared with non-narrative messages, narrative messages are more persuasive in promoting vaccination behavior. However, the interaction effect between gain–loss message framing and narrative framing is not significant. Additionally, perceived severity, perceived benefits, and perceived costs mediate the effect of narrative framing on behavioral intentions. In other words, compared with non-narrative messages, narrative messages lead to higher levels of perceived severity and perceived benefits, and a lower level of perceived costs, which in turn increase intentions to get vaccinated. This paper provides insightful implications for both researchers and practitioners.

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Influencing health decision-making: A study of colour and message framing

Cited by 9 publications

References 30 publications

Effects of Message Framing on Cancer Prevention and Detection Behaviors, Intentions, and Attitudes: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Effects of Message Framing on Cancer Prevention and Detection Behaviors, Intentions, and Attitudes: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Neural Underpinnings of Financial Decision Bias in Older Adults: Putative Theoretical Models and a Way to Reconcile Them

Persuasive Effects of Message Framing and Narrative Format on Promoting COVID-19 Vaccination: A Study on Chinese College Students

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