Consumers first need to know that a label is providing risk information to promote informed decision making.
Little is known about primary care physicians' use of pre-screening discussions to promote informed decision making for prostate cancer screening.
During group meetings we elicited two lists: (1) patient characteristics judged to influence management by virtue of being known or strongly suspected to predict natural history, effectiveness/risk of treatment, cost, or quality of life/utility; and (2) outcomes that the model should be able to produce in order to promote informed decision making.
For health promotion situations in which clinical evidence supports particular treatment/screening options as being high-benefit and low-risk, the appropriate motivation may be to use an intervention that is aimed at promoting informed uptake, rather than informed decision making [ 54, 55].
It was developed in the context of the UK Prostate Cancer Risk Management Programme (PCRMP), a strategy, promoted by the UK National Cancer Screening Programme, which has, as one of its key goals, the promotion of informed decision making about PSA testing [ 2].
Such recommendations could help in promoting informed decision-making and reducing the stress and suffering caused by taboos associated with the issue.
Three additional genetics education modules currently available include Promoting Informed Decision-Making about Genetic Testing, Ethical and Social Issues Related to Genetic Testing, and Interpreting Family History.
Its purpose is to help integrate a variety of good quality information into a form that promotes a better understanding of the implications of potential interventions, and thus more informed decision making.
KEY MESSAGES Under the right conditions, health policy analysis institutes can play a positive role in promoting evidence-informed decision making in government.
Under the right conditions, health policy analysis institutes can play a positive role in promoting evidence-informed decision making in government.
