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Absolute Risk Understanding

Absolute Risk Understanding is a cognitive construct in health numeracy that denotes the comprehension of the actual probability of a health outcome occurring within a specified population or individual, as distinct from relative or comparative risk measures.

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181

Authors

97

Institutions

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2017–2026

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Relationships among breast cancer perceived absolute risk, comparative risk, and worries.

Isaac M. Lipkus, Maggie Kuchibhatla, Colleen M. McBride et al. · PubMed · 2000 · 175 citations

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Perceptions of risk: understanding cardiovascular disease

Ruth Webster, Emma Heeley · Risk Management and Healthcare Policy · 2010 · 128 citations · Full text

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Using the common sense model to understand perceived cancer risk in individuals testing for BRCA1/2 mutations

Kimberly M. Kelly, Howard Leventhal, Michael A. Andrykowski et al. · Psycho-Oncology · 2004 · 92 citations

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Implementing cardiovascular disease prevention guidelines to translate evidence-based medicine and shared decision making into general practice: theory-based intervention development, qualitative piloting and quantitative feasibility

Carissa Bonner, Michael Anthony Fajardo, Jenny Doust et al. · Implementation Science · 2019 · 87 citations · Full text

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Absolute risk representation in cardiovascular disease prevention: comprehension and preferences of health care consumers and general practitioners involved in a focus group study

Sophie Hill, Janet D Spink, Dominique A. Cadilhac et al. · BMC Public Health · 2010 · 81 citations · Full text

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Authors

181

  1. EH
    Emma Heeley

    The George Institute for Global Health, Australia

    2 publications · 160 citations

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  2. NZ
    Nicholas Zwar

    UNSW Sydney, Australia

    2 publications · 37 citations

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  3. SV
    Sanjyot Vagholkar

    UNSW Sydney, Australia

    2 publications · 37 citations

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  4. IM
    Isaac M. Lipkus

    Duke University, United States

    2 publications · 212 citations

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  5. KM
    Kirsten McCaffery

    The University of Sydney, Australia

    2 publications · 151 citations

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Institutions

97

  1. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    3 h-index

    15 publications

    924 citations

  2. Max Planck Institute for Human Development

    Berlin, Germany

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    244 citations

  3. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    94 citations

  4. Washington University in St. Louis

    St Louis, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    123 citations

  5. MRC Epidemiology Unit

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    89 citations

  6. University of Kentucky

    Lexington, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    202 citations

  7. Bond University

    Gold Coast, Australia

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    215 citations

  8. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    201 citations

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Venues

  1. BMJ

    3 publications · 123 citations

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  2. Psychology and Health

    2 publications · 66 citations

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  3. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

    2 publications · 43 citations

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  4. PubMed

    Repository · 2 publications · 186 citations

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  5. Journal of Health Communication

    2 publications · 62 citations

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