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Advertising campaign on a major internet search engine to promote colorectal cancer screeningCrystale Purvis Cooper
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevension, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, MS K-55, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
BMJ 328:1179-80. 2004
An expectancy-value analysis of viewer interest in television prevention news storiesC P Cooper
Arizona Cancer Center, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, USA
Health Commun 13:227-40. 2001..However, such manipulations should be applied with savvy and restraint, as hyping prevention news was found to be counterproductive to educating the public...
Report from the CDC. Telephone focus groups: an emerging method in public health researchCrystale Purvis Cooper
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 12:945-51. 2003..The focus group is a widely used qualitative method in public health research. Typically, focus groups involve face-to-face interaction, although focus groups have also been conducted via telephone conference calls...
To screen or not to screen, when clinical guidelines disagree: primary care physicians' use of the PSA testCrystale Purvis Cooper
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE, MS K 55, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Prev Med 38:182-91. 2004..This study qualitatively explored primary care physicians' PSA screening practices and their understanding of the PSA screening controversy...
Using entertainment television to build a context for prevention news storiesC P Cooper
Communication Health Sciences, Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
Prev Med 31:225-31. 2000..This study investigated the impact of this prime-time link on viewer attention, satisfaction, information recall, and perceptions about the uses and gratifications delivered by a news story...
Science writers' reactions to a medical "breakthrough" storyCrystale Purvis Cooper
Arizona Cancer Center, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tuscon, USA
Soc Sci Med 54:1887-96. 2002..Thus, some commonality exists between how scientists and science writers believe the news coverage of medical research could be improved...
Developing English and Spanish television public service announcements to promote colorectal cancer screeningCrystale Purvis Cooper
Soltera Center for Health Communication Research in Tucson, Arizona, USA
Health Promot Pract 6:385-93. 2005..This article describes SFL's application of this process to develop television PSAs in English and Spanish...
Report from the CDC. Pap test intervals used by physicians serving low-income women through the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection ProgramCrystale Purvis Cooper
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 14:670-8. 2005..Increased efforts are needed to educate physicians about the science supporting an extended Pap screening interval and overcome the barriers associated with its adoption...
Cancer Internet search activity on a major search engine, United States 2001-2003Crystale Purvis Cooper
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
J Med Internet Res 7:e36. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: Media coverage appears to play a powerful role in prompting online searches for cancer information. Internet search activity offers an innovative tool for passive surveillance of health information-seeking behavior...
Trials of decision aids for prostate cancer screening: a systematic reviewRobert J Volk
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, 3701 Kirby Drive, Houston, TX 77098, USA
Am J Prev Med 33:428-434. 2007..Patient decision aids are used to promote informed decision making. This review examines the methods and findings of studies that have evaluated the impact of prostate cancer screening decision aids on patient outcomes...
