Understanding how people process health information: a comparison of tailored and nontailored weight-loss materials.

@article{citeulike:2718886, abstract = {Health information tailored to meet individuals' unique needs has been shown to be more effective than generic information in promoting risk-reducing behavior changes. To explore mechanisms underlying tailoring's effectiveness, this study randomly assigned 198 overweight adults to receive weight-loss materials that were (a) tailored to the individual, (b) in an American Heart Association (AHA) brochure, or (c) AHA-content formatted to look like tailored materials. Participants who received tailored materials had more positive thoughts about the materials, positive personal connections to the materials, positive self-assessment thoughts, and positive thoughts indicating behavioral intention than those who received either of the untailored materials. The tailoring of health information can significantly improve the chances the information will be thoughtfully considered and can stimulate prebehavioral changes such as self-assessment and intention.}, address = {Department of Community Health, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, 63108, USA. kreuterm@wpogate.slu.edu}, author = {Kreuter, M. W. and Bull, F. C. and Clark, E. M. and Oswald, D. L. }, citeulike-article-id = {2718886}, issn = {0278-6133}, journal = {Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association}, keywords = {tailoring}, month = {September}, number = {5}, pages = {487--494}, posted-at = {2008-04-25 17:01:00}, priority = {0}, title = {Understanding how people process health information: a comparison of tailored and nontailored weight-loss materials.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10519465}, volume = {18}, year = {1999} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2718886 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2718886 TI - Understanding how people process health information: a comparison of tailored and nontailored weight-loss materials. JF - Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association VL - 18 IS - 5 SP - 487 EP - 494 AD - Department of Community Health, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, 63108, USA. kreuterm@wpogate.slu.edu SN - 0278-6133 N2 - Health information tailored to meet individuals' unique needs has been shown to be more effective than generic information in promoting risk-reducing behavior changes. To explore mechanisms underlying tailoring's effectiveness, this study randomly assigned 198 overweight adults to receive weight-loss materials that were (a) tailored to the individual, (b) in an American Heart Association (AHA) brochure, or (c) AHA-content formatted to look like tailored materials. Participants who received tailored materials had more positive thoughts about the materials, positive personal connections to the materials, positive self-assessment thoughts, and positive thoughts indicating behavioral intention than those who received either of the untailored materials. The tailoring of health information can significantly improve the chances the information will be thoughtfully considered and can stimulate prebehavioral changes such as self-assessment and intention. KW - tailoring AU - Kreuter, MW AU - Bull, FC AU - Clark, EM AU - Oswald, DL PY - 1999/09// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10519465 ER -