Death narratives and cervical cancer: Impact of character death on narrative processing and HPV vaccination

• Published in: Health psychology Vol. 36; no. 12; p. 1173
• Main Authors: Krakow, Melinda, Yale, Robert N, Perez Torres, Debora, Christy, Katheryn, Jensen, Jakob D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.12.2017
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Communication; Death; Female; Humans; Papillomavirus Vaccines - therapeutic use; Persuasive Communication; Risk; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - diagnosis; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - mortality; Young Adult

Narratives hold promise as an effective public health message strategy for health behavior change, yet research on what types of narratives are most persuasive is still in the formative stage. Narrative persuasion research has identified 2 promising features of such messages that could influence beh...