What is it about?
Beliefs about health conditions such as high blood pressure often affect our behaviors. This papers examines whether beliefs about the causes of high blood pressure (i.e., genetic vs. behavioral) impact US adults' attempts to lose weight, increase fruit and vegetable intake, increase exercise, and reduce soda intake.
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Why is it important?
A better understanding of causal beliefs about high blood pressure may inform the creation of health messages and tools to support health decision making for high blood pressure, which may include decisions about whether or not to pursue genetic testing and how to integrate lifestyle changes in addition to, or in lieu of, taking antihypertensive medications when appropriate and desired.
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Writing this article with my co-authors was a great pleasure and has allowed us to think more deeply about how to create health messages for people with a self-reported history of hypertension.
Aisha Langford
New York University
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This page is a summary of: Beliefs about the causes of hypertension and associations with pro-health behaviors., Health Psychology, October 2018, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/hea0000687.
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