Trial reportHealth education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education2023
Vulnerability to the Effects of Conflicting Health Information: Testing the Moderating Roles of Trust in News Media and Research Literacy.
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- Potential role of regular physicians in improving health literacy in patients with chronic diseases: a retrospective cross-sectional study in Korea.Korean journal of family medicine · 2026Article
- Media Reporting of the 2024 US Preventive Services Task Force Mammography Guideline Update.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Type of information source and healthcare avoidance: insights from two population-based studies during the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Trust in the healthcare system declines after exposure to information about the harms and benefits of breast cancer screening.Journal of health psychology · 2025Article
- Assessing the role and impact of research in clinical practice among acupuncturists in western countries: a multinational cross-sectional survey.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Rural adults' perceptions of nutrition recommendations for cancer prevention: Contradictory and conflicting messages.Preventive oncology & epidemiology · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundExposure to conflicting health information can produce negative affective and cognitive responses, including confusion and backlash, and the effects of this exposure can even "carry over" and reduce people's receptivity to subsequent messages about health behaviors for which there is scientific consensus. What is not known is whether certain population subgroups are more vulnerable to such carryover effects.
aimsThis study investigates whether carryover effects of exposure to conflicting information are moderated by two factors, trust in news media and research literacy, testing the hypothesis that lower trust and higher literacy could protect against such effects.
methodThe analysis draws on data from a longitudinal population-based experiment (
resultsNeither lower trust in news media nor higher research literacy protected against carryover effects, as effects were observed across levels of both trust and literacy. Although level of research literacy did not affect whether carryover effects were observed, it did shape how those effects emerged.
conclusionThe public, regardless of their level of trust in news media or research literacy, is vulnerable to the downstream effects of exposure to conflicting health information. Targeted health communication interventions are needed to improve messaging about evolving science and, in turn, increase receptivity to public health recommendations.
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