Response efficacy information indicating the effectiveness of a recommended behavior in
risk reduction is an important component of health communication. For example, many …

Vaccination reminders must both inform and persuade, and text messages designed for this
purpose must do so in 160 characters or less. We tested a strategy for improving the impact …

Background Effective promotion of the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine across
ethnic/racial groups may help curtail disparities in cervical cancer rates. Purpose This study …

To examine differences in knowledge, attitudes, and related practices among adopters and
nonadopters of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, the researchers conducted 83 in …

This study examined the associations of perceived threat, perceived efficacy, and parent–
child communication with the extent to which college-age women received the human …

Abstract Background: In June 2006, the first vaccine to prevent human papillomavirus (HPV)
transmission was approved for use in females in the United States. Because the vaccine …

Objective: Human papillomavirus (HPV) and the HPV vaccine have been examined through
multiple lenses over the past several years, though there is little work examining the role of …

College students suffer disproportionately from human papillomavirus (HPV), a sexually
transmitted infection (STI) that could result in genital warts or cancers in both males and …

This study examined the use of two different inoculation messages to confer resistance to
persuasive messages attacking the efficacy and safety of the human papilloma virus (HPV) …

This study used an experiment (N= 504) to test whether the fit between sensation-seeking
disposition and frame enhances the persuasiveness of gain-and loss-framed HIV test …