Attitude to health risk in the Canadian population: a cross-sectional survey
Background: Risk is a ubiquitous part of health care. Understanding how people respond to
risks is important for predicting how populations make health decisions. Our objective was to …
risks is important for predicting how populations make health decisions. Our objective was to …
Variations in risk attitude across race, gender, and education
AB Rosen, JS Tsai, SM Downs - Medical Decision Making, 2003 - journals.sagepub.com
Background. Significant disparities in health care utilization exist across gender and race.
Little is known about the patient-specific factors that may contribute to this variation. This …
Little is known about the patient-specific factors that may contribute to this variation. This …
Is risk attitude really specific within the health context domain? Further evidence from an Italian survey using probability equivalent technique and face-to-face …
M Ruggeri, M van der Pol - Health, Risk & Society, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Individuals' risk attitude is an important concept within the health domain. A previous study
showed that risk attitude varied across health outcomes, life years and quality of life. The aim …
showed that risk attitude varied across health outcomes, life years and quality of life. The aim …
[HTML][HTML] Predicting medical practices using various risk attitude measures
S Massin, A Nebout, B Ventelou - The European Journal of Health …, 2018 - Springer
This paper investigates the predictive power of several risk attitude measures on a series of
medical practices. We elicit risk preferences on a sample of 1500 French general …
medical practices. We elicit risk preferences on a sample of 1500 French general …
Do risk attitudes differ across domains and respondent types?
LA Prosser, E Wittenberg - Medical Decision Making, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective. To evaluate differences in risk attitude across the domains of health and money
for 2 types of respondents, patients and community members. Methods. Two groups of …
for 2 types of respondents, patients and community members. Methods. Two groups of …
Health condition and risk attitude in the Dutch population: an exploratory approach
J Martín-Fernández, HJ Medina-Palomino… - Health, Risk & …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Risk is a central aspect of health condition because attitudes towards risk may influence the
inclination to adopt behaviours that can influence health condition. Taking preventive health …
inclination to adopt behaviours that can influence health condition. Taking preventive health …
Knowing the risk: relationships between risk behaviour and health knowledge
PA Cook, MA Bellis - Public health, 2001 - Elsevier
Communicating risk is a key public health strategy. The implicit assumptions are that the
public interprets risk information in a logical fashion and adopts behavioural changes to …
public interprets risk information in a logical fashion and adopts behavioural changes to …
[HTML][HTML] Preference variation: where does health risk attitude come into the equation?
Objectives Decisions about health often involve risk, and different decision makers interpret
and value risk information differently. Furthermore, an individual's attitude toward health …
and value risk information differently. Furthermore, an individual's attitude toward health …
[HTML][HTML] Comparing GPs' risk attitudes for their own health and for their patients': a troubling discrepancy?
A Nebout, M Cavillon, B Ventelou - BMC Health Services Research, 2018 - Springer
Background In this paper, we report the results of risk attitudes elicitation of a French general
practitioners national representative sample (N= 1568). Methods Willingness to take risks in …
practitioners national representative sample (N= 1568). Methods Willingness to take risks in …
Health risk aversion, health risk affinity, and socio-economic position in the USA: The demographics of multiple risk
R Hahn, S Vesely, MH Chang - Health, Risk & Society, 2000 - Taylor & Francis
Understanding the distribution of behavioural risk factors in the population can improve
health promotion. This article reports on a research project which analysed the distribution of …
health promotion. This article reports on a research project which analysed the distribution of …