How lay people understand and make sense of personalized disease risk information.

Background: Disease risk calculators are increasingly web-based, but previous studies have shown that risk information often poses problems for lay users.

Objective: To examine how lay people understand the result derived from an online cardiometabolic risk calculator.

Design: A qualitative study was performed, using the risk calculator in the Dutch National Prevention Program for cardiometabolic diseases.

Barriers in using cardiometabolic risk information among consumers with low health literacy.

Objectives: To identify the barriers from the perspective of consumers with low health literacy in using risk information as provided in cardiometabolic risk assessments.

Design: A qualitative thematic approach using cognitive interviews was employed.

Methods: We performed interviews with 23 people with low health literacy/health numeracy, who were recruited through (1) several organisations and snowball sampling and (2) an online access panel.

Wanting to attend isn't just wanting to quit: why some disadvantaged smokers regularly attend smoking cessation behavioural therapy while others do not: a qualitative study.

Background: Attendance of a behavioural support programme facilitates smoking cessation. Disadvantaged smokers have been shown to attend less than their more affluent peers. We need to gain in-depth insight into underlying reasons for differing attendance behaviour in disadvantaged smokers, to better address this issue.