ABSTRACT An expanded Common-Sense Model (CSM) contextualised to the self-
regulation of cancer recurrence risk identifies risk representational attributes and recurrence …

Background The growing demand for cancer genetic services underscores the need to
consider approaches that enhance access and efficiency of genetic counseling. Telephone …

Importance Clinical decision support (CDS) algorithms are increasingly being implemented
in health care systems to identify patients for specialty care. However, systematic differences …

Health communicators publicize messages that use metaphors to compare abstract health-
related concepts to concrete concepts in other domains. Such messages aim to change …

Advances in theory and research on self‐regulation and decision‐making processes have
yielded important insights into how cognitive, emotional, and social processes shape risk …

With the emergence of electronic medical records and patient portals, patients are
increasingly able to access their health records, including laboratory reports. However …

The Routledge Handbook of Language and Health Communication consists of forty
chapters that provide a broad, comprehensive, and systematic overview of the role that …

People often grapple with the challenge of motivating themselves or others to engage in
adaptive behaviors in response to anxiety-arousing threats to their wellbeing. Such …

Cancer risk prediction models such as those published in Cancer Epidemiology,
Biomarkers, and Prevention are a cornerstone of precision medicine and public health …

Objective: Few studies have examined how individuals respond to genomic risk information
for common, chronic diseases. This randomized study examined differences in responses by …