ArticleHealth psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association2009
Opt-out testing for stigmatized diseases: a social psychological approach to understanding the potential effect of recommendations for routine HIV testing.
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- Financing Benefits and Barriers to Routine HIV Screening in Clinical Settings in the United States: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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- Internet search and medicaid prescription drug data as predictors of opioid emergency department visits.NPJ digital medicine · 2021Article
- Impact of routine opt-out HIV/HCV screening on testing uptake at a syringe services program: An interrupted time series analysis.The International journal on drug policy · 2020Article
- Testing for HIV infection in the emergency departments of 2 hospitals in the Southeastern United States.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2020Article
- The Adaptive Behavioral Components (ABC) Model for Planning Longitudinal Behavioral Technology-Based Health Interventions: A Theoretical Framework.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Article
- Social media as an emerging tool for reducing prescription opioid misuse risk factors.Heliyon · 2020Article
- Exploiting asymmetric signals from choices through default selection.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2020Article
- Opt-out bloodborne virus screening: a cross-sectional observational study in an acute medical unit.BMJ open · 2019Observational
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus Partner Notification Services Among a Representative Sample of Young Black Men Who Have Sex With Men Demonstrates Limited Service Offering and Potential Benefits of Clinic Involvement.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2018Article
- Universal opt-out screening for hepatitis C virus (HCV) within correctional facilities is an effective intervention to improve public health.International journal of prisoner health · 2017Article
- A human rights-focused HIV intervention for sex workers in Metro Manila, Philippines: evaluation of effects in a quantitative pilot study.International journal of public health · 2016Article
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objectiveLittle research has studied experimentally whether an opt-out policy will increase testing rates or whether this strategy is especially effective in the case of stigmatized diseases such as HIV. DESIGN AND
main outcome measuresIn Study 1, a 2 x 2 factorial design asked participants to make moral judgments about a person's decision to test for stigmatized diseases under an opt-in versus an opt-out policy. In Study 2, a 2 x 2 factorial design measuring testing rates explored whether opt-out methods reduce stigma and increase testing for stigmatized diseases.
resultsStudy 1 results suggest that getting tested draws suspicion regarding moral conduct in an opt-in system, whereas not getting tested draws suspicion in an opt-out system. Study 2 results suggest that an opt-out policy may increase testing rates for stigmatized diseases and lessen the effects of stigma in people's reluctance to test. DISCUSSION: A social psychological approach to health services can be used to show how testing policies can influence both the stigmatization associated with testing and participation rates. An understanding of how testing policies may affect patient decision making and behavior is imperative for creating effective testing policies.
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