Meta-analysis of the relationship between risk perception and health behavior: the example of vaccination.

By N. Brewer, Gretchen Chapman, F. Gibbons, M. Gerrard, K. Mccaul, N. Weinstein. Health Psychology, 2007

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Health, Sociology and Political Science

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Defensive reactions to health-promoting information: an overview and implications for future research (2013, background): “…Dunn, & Rogers, 2000; Milne, Sheeran, & Orbell, 2000; Witte & Allen, 2000), the relationship between risk perceptions and health behaviours (e.g., Brewer et al., 2007; Gerrard, Gibbons, & Bushman, 1996), effective communication of health risks (e.g., Rothman & Kiviniemi, 1999),…”
Risk perceptions and health behavior (2015, background): “Correlational evidence supports an at-least-modest association between risk perceptions and health behaviors [3-4].”
We are at risk, and so what? Place attachment, environmental risk perceptions and preventive coping behaviours (2015, methodology): “To assess flood risk perceptions, a 5-item scale measured on a 5-point Likert scale was developed (a ¼ .88), adapted from Brewer and colleagues' meta-analysis (Brewer et al., 2007).”
Safety climate, perceived risk, and involvement in safety management (2015, neutral): “This ﬁrst ﬁnding corroborates several studies showing that perceived risk positively related to behavior (Arezes and Miguel, 2008; Brewer et al., 2007; Gandit et al., 2009; Gyekye, 2006; Kouabenan, 1998, 2009; Kuttschreuter, 2006; Weinstein et al., 2007).”
Opportunities and challenges of Web 2.0 for vaccination decisions. (2012, background): “Thus, the perceived risk of contracting the vaccine-preventable disease as well as the perceived risk of vaccine adverse events represent core predictors of vaccination intentions [28,36–40].”
Predictors of HPV vaccine acceptability: a theory-informed, systematic review. (2007, background): “The constructs in the health belief model (Becker, 1974) – perceived risk, perceived effectiveness of the vaccine, perceived barriers to vaccination, and cues to action – are among the most important predictors of influenza vaccination (Brewer et al., 2007a; Chapman and Coups, 1999).”
Modeling Attitudes Toward Science: Development and Validation of the Credibility of Science Scale (2017, background): “For example, people’s beliefs about the benefits of vaccination or the risks of a disease predict people’s vaccination behavior (Brewer et al., 2007).”
Divergence between individual perceptions and objective indicators of tail risks: Evidence from floodplain residents in New York City (2015, neutral): “ Risk Center research also investigates the effectiveness of strategies such as risk communication, information sharing, incentive systems, insurance, regulation and public‐private collaborations at a national and international scale.”