SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2012
Gain-framed messages do not motivate sun protection: a meta-analytic review of randomized trials comparing gain-framed and loss-framed appeals for promoting skin cancer prevention.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effects of Message Framing on Cancer Prevention and Detection Behaviors, Intentions, and Attitudes: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Pooled it
- The effects of message framing and healthcare provider recommendation on adult hepatitis B vaccination: A randomized controlled trial.Preventive medicine · 2019Trial
- The influence of framed messages and self-affirmation on indoor tanning behavioral intentions in 18- to 30-year-old women.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2016Trial
- Framing Indoor Tanning Warning Messages to Reduce Skin Cancer Risks Among Young Women: Implications for Research and Policy.American journal of public health · 2015Trial
- Strategies for communicating scientific evidence on healthcare to managers and the population: a scoping review.Health research policy and systems · 2023Article
- Message framing and COVID-19 vaccination intention: Moderating roles of partisan media use and pre-attitudes about vaccination.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2022Article
- "Have a little less, feel a lot better": Mixed-method evaluation of an alcohol intervention.Addictive behaviors reports · 2020Article
- The Influence of Gain-Framed and Loss-Framed Health Messages on Nutrition and Physical Activity Knowledge.Global pediatric health · 2019Article
- Tweet for Behavior Change: Using Social Media for the Dissemination of Public Health Messages.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2017Article
- Modulating the neural bases of persuasion: why/how, gain/loss, and users/non-users.Social cognitive and affective neuroscience · 2017Article
- The Effect of Message-Framing on Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Among Nulliparous Women in Shushtar, Iran.Electronic physician · 2017Article
- A triple test for behavioral economics models and public health policy.Theory and decision · 2017Article
- Perceived Relevance of Educative Information on Public (Skin) Health: Results of a Representative, Population-Based Telephone Survey.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2015Article
- Temporal and spatial melanoma trends in Austria: an ecological study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2014Article
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Abstract
Persuading people to undertake actions to prevent skin cancer is an important public health challenge. A number of studies have compared the effectiveness of gain-framed and loss-framed appeals in this domain, often expecting gain-framed appeals to be more persuasive. A meta-analytic review (k = 33, N = 4,168), however, finds no significant difference in the persuasiveness of gain- and loss-framed appeals for encouraging skin cancer prevention. This conclusion is unaffected by differences in the specific protective action advocated or by differences in the kind of outcomes invoked. But the results offer an intimation that men might be more susceptible to framing variations in this domain--with loss-framed appeals potentially having a persuasive advantage.
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