A Health Media Literacy Intervention Increases Skepticism of Both Inaccurate and Accurate Cancer News Among U.S. Adults
These results suggest further intervention development and refinement are needed before scaling up similarly targeted health information literacy tools, particularly focusing on building trust in legitimate sources and accurate content.
Authors
- Kimberly A. Kaphingst (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2668-9080)
- Andy J. King (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2789-2550)
- Benjamin Lyons (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7096-900X)
Institutions
- University of Utah (US)
- Huntsman Cancer Institute (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Behavioral Medicine
- Published
- 2024-09-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaae054
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.10
Funders
- Huntsman Cancer Foundation
- Huntsman Cancer Institute
- National Institutes of Health
- National Cancer Institute