b"NUDGING HIGH-RISK YOUNG INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND DIABETES SCREENINGAdabel Tan, Ayden See, Gabriel Loo and Ng Hui WenIntroductionDiabetes is a medical condition where blood glucoseremains persistently higher than normal. Specifically, Type 2Diabetes (T2D) is primarily caused by lifestyle factors such aspoor dietary habits or an inactive lifestyle and is irreversibleupon onset. If left uncontrolled in the long-term, it can lead toharmful complications such as kidney failure, heart attack,stroke, amputation, and blindness. Locally, T2D is alarminglywidespread, with 1 in 9 Singaporeans between ages 18 to 69suffering from the disease (HealthHub, 2019). It is also fatal,being the 10th leading cause of death in 2018 (HealthHub,2020). Fortunately, not all is doom and gloom, as before theonset of T2D, there is a stage known as Prediabetes, whereblood glucose is high but not high enough to be diabetes. Atthis stage, prediabetes is still reversible, and complications arenon-significant. As such, it is important to detect T2D earlywhile it is still controllable.In recognition of the need for early diabetesscreening in Singapore, the Health Promotion Boardintroduced the Diabetes Risk Assessment Tool (DRA), whichis an 8-question survey which assesses young Singaporean's(age 18-39) risk for diabetes and invite those assessed to beat high risk for a subsidized diabetes screening package ofup to $5. For these individuals to receive the package, theymust log in with their SingPass in the DRA site to receive aninvitation email. The intention of this tool is to encourage diabetes screening among youngerSingaporeans who are found to be at-risk to go for early intervention. However, there are certainsteps required of the individual, from taking the risk assessment test to the point wherescreening happens. Sequential dropouts are also observed at different stages. Therefore, thestudy seeks to examine the current user journey to investigate the decision-making process andpotential communication and/or operational gaps and offers recommendation to improvescreening uptake.MethodologyIn the present study, 25 participants between ages 18-39 who are assessed by DRA to be at high risk or are suspected to be at high risk of diabetes were recruited. Online interviews regarding individuals attitudes towards health, screening and DRA experience were conducted. 7TH PSYCHOLOGY STUDIES 36STUDENT CONFERENCE 2021"