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

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Noel T. Brewer · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Gretchen B. Chapman · Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Frederick X. Gibbons · Iowa State University

Meg Gerrard · Iowa State University

Kevin D. McCaul · Dakota State University

Neil D. Weinstein · Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Abstract

The consistent relationships between risk perceptions and behavior, larger than suggested by prior meta-analyses, suggest that risk perceptions are rightly placed as core concepts in theories of health behavior.

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Behavioral Health and Interventions Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Optimism, Hope, and Well-being

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Published in: Health Psychology

Volume 26, Issue 2, pp. 136-145

DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.26.2.136

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

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