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| Wendy L NelsonSummaryAffiliation: National Institutes of Health Country: USA Publications
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Exploring objective and subjective numeracy at a population level: findings from the 2007 Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS)Wendy L Nelson
Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
J Health Commun 18:192-205. 2013....
Basic and applied decision making in cancer controlWendy Nelson
Basic and Biobehavioral Research Branch, Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Health Psychol 24:S3-8. 2005..This article describes the multidisciplinary meeting that provided the scientific foundation for this initiative...- Rethinking the objectives of decision aids: a call for conceptual clarityWendy L Nelson
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Med Decis Making 27:609-18. 2007..Second, the authors argue that the goal of reducing decisional conflict is conceptually untenable and propose that it be eliminated as an objective of decision aids... - Clinical implications of numeracy: theory and practiceWendy Nelson
Basic and Biobehavioral Research Branch, DCCPS, National Cancer Institute, 6130 Executive Blvd, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Ann Behav Med 35:261-74. 2008.... 
Adherence to cervical cancer screening guidelines for U.S. women aged 25-64: data from the 2005 Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS)Wendy Nelson
Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 18:1759-68. 2009..Although it is widely accepted that Papanicolaou (Pap) screening can reduce cervical cancer mortality, many women still do not maintain regular cervical cancer screenings...- Associations of perceived risk and worry with cancer health-protective actions: data from the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS)Richard P Moser
National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Health Psychol 12:53-65. 2007..The findings suggest that risk and worry are both important in predicting some types of screening behavior and that these variables operate independently... - What is my cancer risk? How internet-based cancer risk assessment tools communicate individualized risk estimates to the public: content analysisErika A Waters
Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7365, USA
J Med Internet Res 11:e33. 2009..However, poorly communicated information on these websites may result in unintended adverse health outcomes... - Are patient decision aids the best way to improve clinical decision making? Report of the IPDAS SymposiumMargaret Holmes-Rovner
College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Med Decis Making 27:599-608. 2007..The participants' vote on the proposition was approximately half for and half against...
Research Grants
- Impact of Mortality Concerns on Cancer Risk BehaviorJamie Arndt; Fiscal Year: 2002..abstract_text> ..
- Impact of Mortality Concerns on Cancer Risk BehaviorJamie Arndt; Fiscal Year: 2006..abstract_text> ..
- Impact of Mortality Concerns on Cancer Risk BehaviorJamie Arndt; Fiscal Year: 2009....
- Impact of Mortality Concerns on Cancer Risk BehaviorJamie Arndt; Fiscal Year: 2010....