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CATEGORIES:Bradford Hill Seminars
SUMMARY:“Leveraging Social Psychological Theory to Underst
 and Engagement with Personalized Genomic Informati
 on” - William Klein\,  Associate Director\, Behavi
 oral Research Program\, National Cancer Institute\
 , National Institutes of Health\, Maryland\, USA
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150626T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150626T140000
UID:TALK57526AThttp://talks.cam.ac.uk
URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/57526
DESCRIPTION:This talk will be chaired by Professor Theresa Mar
 teau\, Director\, Behaviour and Health Research Un
 it.\n\nGenomic sequencing provides the opportunity
  for individuals to learn a host of personalized i
 nformation about their chances of experiencing a w
 ide variety of health outcomes in the future.  In 
 addition to being available outside of the clinica
 l setting\, much genomic information can be ambigu
 ous (which is less true of high penetrance genetic
  tests such as BRCA1/2 for breast cancer).  Social
  psychological theories and constructs may help ex
 plain people’s orientation toward such information
 .  In this talk\, I will discuss a study in which 
 over 500 people had their genomes sequenced and al
 so completed a questionnaire containing several so
 cial psychological constructs.  We show that optim
 ism\, self-affirmation\, ambiguity aversion\, impl
 icit theories\, affective forecasts\, information 
 avoidance tendencies\, and perceived norms all pla
 y a role in people’s decisions to receive\, use\, 
 and share personalized genomic information.  Impli
 cations will be discussed.
LOCATION:Large Seminar Room\, 1st Floor\, Institute of Publ
 ic Health\, University Forvie Site\, Robinson Way\
 , Cambridge
CONTACT:Lucy Lloyd
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