Why do people avoid health risk information? A qualitative analysis

• Main Authors: Abigail G. O'Brien (Author), William B. Meese (Author), Jennifer M. Taber (Author), Angela E. Johnson (Author), Bianca M. Hinojosa (Author), Raven Burton (Author), Sheemrun Ranjan (Author), Evelyn D. Rodarte (Author), Charlie Coward (Author), Jennifer L. Howell (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Despite the potential benefit of receiving personalized health risk information, when given the opportunity to learn their risk, some people avoid that information. An extensive body of research has revealed various reasons for such information avoidance. Most of this existing work has used quantita...