TY - GEN
T1 - Persuasive health educational materials for colorectal cancer screening
AU - Militello, Laura G.
AU - Borders, Morgan R.
AU - Arbuckle, Nicole B.
AU - Flanagan, Mindy E.
AU - Hall, Nathan P.
AU - Saleem, Jason J.
AU - Doebbeling, Bradley N.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright 2014 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This paper describes an effort to design and evaluate persuasive educational materials for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. Although CRC screening is highly effective, screening rates in the US remain low. Educational materials represent one strategy for educating patients about screening options and increasing openness to screening. We developed a one-page brochure, leveraging factual information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and national guidelines, and strategies for persuasion from the human factors and behavioral economics literatures. We evaluated the resulting brochure with adults over the age of 50. Findings suggest that the educational brochure increases knowledge of CRC and screening options, and increases openness to screening. Furthermore, no significant difference was found between the new one-page brochure and an existing multi-page Screen for Life brochure recommended by the CDC. We interpret these findings as indication that the more practical and potentially less intimidating one-page brochure is as effective as the existing multi-page Screen for Life brochure.
AB - This paper describes an effort to design and evaluate persuasive educational materials for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. Although CRC screening is highly effective, screening rates in the US remain low. Educational materials represent one strategy for educating patients about screening options and increasing openness to screening. We developed a one-page brochure, leveraging factual information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and national guidelines, and strategies for persuasion from the human factors and behavioral economics literatures. We evaluated the resulting brochure with adults over the age of 50. Findings suggest that the educational brochure increases knowledge of CRC and screening options, and increases openness to screening. Furthermore, no significant difference was found between the new one-page brochure and an existing multi-page Screen for Life brochure recommended by the CDC. We interpret these findings as indication that the more practical and potentially less intimidating one-page brochure is as effective as the existing multi-page Screen for Life brochure.
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U2 - 10.1177/1541931214581130
DO - 10.1177/1541931214581130
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84957631779
T3 - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
SP - 609
EP - 613
BT - 2014 International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, HFES 2014
PB - Human Factors an Ergonomics Society Inc.
T2 - 58th International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, HFES 2014
Y2 - 27 October 2014 through 31 October 2014
ER -