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Filter by:Background: - Researchers want to learn about people s beliefs and values. They also want to learn about how people respond to information about cancer risk. They have created two short studies. They have combined these studies for convenience. Objective: - To learn about people s beliefs and values, and about how people respond to information about cancer risk. Eligibility: - Adults age 40-70 who are overweight, have never had cancer, and have an opposite-sex close relationship with someone in that age group who is also overweight. Design: - This study will take place online or in a laboratory. - Participants will take part in two studies. One is Values Study. The other is Cancer Risk Information. - In Values Study, some participants will choose the most important value from a list. They will write about why that value is important to them. Others will choose the least important value from a list. They will write about why that value may be important to someone else. - In Cancer Risk Information, participants will read a health message about a cancer risk relevant to themselves or to a close other. Some will wear special glasses that track their eye movements as they read. - Participants will then answer questions about their beliefs about cancer risk and their intentions to lose weight. - Both studies will take 30 minutes.
The goal of this study is to better understand the factors that might prevent HIV-positive women from having routine pap smear screenings. Researchers also want to learn what might make it easier or encourage women to have these screenings.