Influence of ‘framing effect’ on women's support for government funding of breast cancer screening
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Jane M. Young; Claire Davey; Jeanette E. Ward
- Source
- Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Vol 27, Iss 3, Pp 287-290 (2003)
- Subject
- Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1753-6405
1326-0200
1467-842X
Abstract Objectives:To explore whether Australian women's support for government funding of mammographic screening is influenced by ‘framing effect’. Method:Self‐administered survey of 701 women in general practice to elicit their support for government funding of each of four mammographic screening programs where benefits were expressed as a relative risk reduction (RRR); absolute risk reduction (ARR); number needed to screen (NNS) and number of cases detected for additional death avoided. Results:The proportion of respondents indicating they ‘definitely would support funding’ was significantly greater when benefits were expressed as RRR than ARR (χ21=148.4, p