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Promoting patient comprehension of relevant health information

open access: yesIsrael Journal of Health Policy Research, 2018
Patient understanding of health care recommendations provided by health care professionals is essential to enabling active and informed patient participation in care.
Gary L. Kreps
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How Do Social Network Sites Influence Workout Intentions: A Social Norm Approach

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
People share their workout experiences on social network sites (SNSs). The present study examined how perceived exposure to these workout-related SNS posts may affect individuals’ engagement in physical activities through perceived descriptive and ...
Jian Raymond Rui   +2 more
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Improving dialysis adherence for high risk patients using automated messaging: Proof of concept [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Comorbidities and socioeconomic barriers often limit patient adherence and self-management with hemodialysis. Missed sessions, often associated with communication barriers, can result in emergency dialysis and avoidable hospitalizations.
An, T.   +6 more
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Can narrative help people engage with and understand information without being persuasive? An empirical study

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science
Stories have been shown to be engaging and aid the comprehension and retention of information. However, the persuasive power of storytelling is well-recognized. Is this an inherent property?
Alexandra L. J. Freeman   +3 more
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The impact of flooding on people living with HIV: a case study from the Ohangwena Region, Namibia [PDF]

open access: yesGlobal Health Action, 2015
Background: Floods are a disaster situation for all affected populations and especially for vulnerable groups within communities such as children, orphans, women, and people with chronic diseases such as HIV and AIDS.
Carmen Anthonj   +4 more
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Security dialogues: building better relationships between security and business [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In the real world, there's often a discrepancy between an organization's mandated security processes and what actually happens. The social practice of security flourishes in the space between and around formal organizational security processes.
Ashenden, Debi, Lawrence, Darren
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Communicating health risk [PDF]

open access: yesOccupational Medicine, 1999
Health risk communication is a two way interactive process that involves the exchange of information among interested parties about the nature, magnitude, significance, or control of a risk. Although it has only recently become a topic for scientific research, much has been learned in relation to the strategies and the techniques that contribute to ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Option-based guarantees to accelerate urgent, high-risk vaccines: a new market-shaping approach [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

open access: yesF1000Research, 2021
Accelerating the availability of COVID-19 vaccines is critical to preventing further waves and mitigating the impact on society. However, preparations for large-scale manufacturing, such as building production facilities, are typically delayed until a ...
David Manheim, Derek Foster
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Risk Perception and Drug Safety Evaluation [PDF]

open access: yes, 1991
The authors present a Risk communication framework based on a survey of empirical research concerning public Risk perceptions.
Vertinsky, Ilan B., Wehrung, Donald A.
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Communicating benefit and risk [PDF]

open access: yesBritish Journal of Haematology, 2009
SummaryImproved reporting of clinical trials and greater engagement by patients in treatment decisions requires that clinicians have a working knowledge of estimates of benefit and risk and how to communicate these measures. A basic understanding of study design and analysis is often neglected by clinicians in training, and recent analyses indicate ...
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