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| Kevin C DavisSummaryAffiliation: RTI International Country: USA Publications
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Evaluation of sexual communication message strategiesW Douglas Evans
The George Washington University, School of Public Health and Health Services, Department of Prevention and Community Health, 2175 K Street, NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20037, USA
Reprod Health 8:15. 2011..The results confirm and extend previous PSUNC campaign evaluation and provide further evidence for the conceptual model. Future research should examine additional message content features and the effects of reactions/receptivity...- Antismoking media campaign and smoking cessation outcomes, New York State, 2003-2009Kevin C Davis
RTI International, 3040 Cornwallis Rd, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 9:E40. 2012..Little research has been published on the effectiveness of its antismoking media campaign. The objective of this study was to examine whether exposure to NY TCP's statewide antismoking media campaign corresponded to smoking outcomes... - Effectiveness of a mass media campaign in promoting HIV testing information seeking among African American womenKevin C Davis
RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
J Health Commun 16:1024-39. 2011..This study illustrates useful methods for evaluating campaign effects on information seeking with data on media implementation, hotline calls, and zip code-based searches for testing locations... - Racial/ethnic differences in perceived smoking prevalence: evidence from a national survey of teensKevin C Davis
RTI International, 3040 Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC 277009, USA
Int J Environ Res Public Health 7:4152-68. 2010..These findings suggest that disproportionate exposure to social contextual factors may partially explain why minority youth exhibit such high levels of perceived smoking prevalence... - The impact of state tobacco control program funding cuts on teens' exposure to tobacco control interventions: evidence from FloridaKevin C Davis
Public Health and Policy Research Program, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
Am J Health Promot 25:176-85. 2011..Explore the impact of dramatic budget cuts to the Florida Tobacco Control Program (FTCP) on Florida teens' exposure to tobacco control interventions... - Exploring differences in smokers' perceptions of the effectiveness of cessation media messagesKevin C Davis
RTI International, 3040 Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 2194, USA
Tob Control 20:26-33. 2011.... - Impact of a parent-child sexual communication campaign: results from a controlled efficacy trial of parentsKevin C Davis
Public Health Policy Research Program, RTI International, 3040 Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
Reprod Health 7:17. 2010..abstract:.. - The impact of national smoking prevention campaigns on tobacco-related beliefs, intentions to smoke and smoking initiation: results from a longitudinal survey of youth in the United StatesKevin C Davis
RTI International 3040 Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
Int J Environ Res Public Health 6:722-40. 2009..Recall of TDS was associated with increased intentions to smoke soon but was not significantly associated with tobacco beliefs or smoking initiation among youth overall... - Association between national smoking prevention campaigns and perceived smoking prevalence among youth in the United StatesKevin C Davis
RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
J Adolesc Health 41:430-6. 2007..To understand the potential effects of anti-smoking media campaigns on perceived peer smoking prevalence, a noted predictor of smoking initiation and prevalence among youth... - Evidence of a dose-response relationship between "truth" antismoking ads and youth smoking prevalenceMatthew C Farrelly
RTI International, 3040 Cornwallis Rd, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
Am J Public Health 95:425-31. 2005..We studied the impact of the campaign on national smoking rates among US youths (students in grades 8, 10, and 12)... - Sustaining 'truth': changes in youth tobacco attitudes and smoking intentions after 3 years of a national antismoking campaignMatthew C Farrelly
RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
Health Educ Res 24:42-8. 2009..Our findings suggest that well-executed antismoking campaigns can positively and consistently change youth's beliefs and attitudes, whereas a tobacco industry-sponsored campaign can have a counterproductive influence... - Promoting calls to a quitline: quantifying the influence of message theme, strong negative emotions and graphic images in television advertisementsMatthew C Farrelly
RTI International, 3040 Cornwallis Road, PO Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
Tob Control 20:279-84. 2011..To understand the relative effectiveness of television advertisements that differ in their thematic focus and portrayals of negative emotions and/or graphic images in promoting calls to a smokers' quitline... - Getting to the truth: evaluating national tobacco countermarketing campaignsMatthew C Farrelly
Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
Am J Public Health 92:901-7. 2002..This study examines how the American Legacy Foundation's "truth" campaign and Philip Morris's "Think. Don't Smoke" campaign have influenced youths' attitudes, beliefs, and intentions toward tobacco... - The Influence of the National truth campaign on smoking initiationMatthew C Farrelly
RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
Am J Prev Med 36:379-84. 2009..This study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of a prominent national youth smoking-prevention campaign in the U.S. known as truth that was launched in February 2000... - Effects of media campaign messages targeting parents on adolescent sexual beliefs: a randomized controlled trial with a national sampleLori Ann Palen
Health, Social, and Economics Research Unit, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
Fam Community Health 34:28-38. 2011..Parent exposure strengthened beliefs that teen sexual activity is physically harmful only among adolescents with at least 1 sexually active friend... - Women's knowledge of the leading causes of cancer deathCheryl G Healton
American Legacy Foundation, Washington, DC 20036, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 9:761-8. 2007..Our evidence suggests that antismoking media messages may help to correct inaccurate beliefs about the leading causes of cancer death among women... - Youth tobacco surveillance--United States, 2001-2002LaTisha Marshall
Office on Smoking and Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, USA
MMWR Surveill Summ 55:1-56. 2006..States can use these data in presentations to their state legislators to demonstrate the need for funding comprehensive tobacco-control programs, including tobacco cessation and prevention programs for youth...