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Searching for evidence about health education and health behavior interventionsB K Rimer
National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Health Educ Behav 28:231-48. 2001..Ultimately, if evidence-based interventions are not disseminated, the interventions will not achieve their potential. The goal should be to develop more effective interventions and disseminate them to improve the public's health...- Methods and strategies to recruit African Americans into cancer prevention surveillance studiesJessie A Satia
Department of Nutrition, Univeresity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:718-21. 2005..This report describes a study of different methods and strategies to recruit African Americans into a population-based assessment of cancer behavioral risk factors... - Effects of a mammography decision-making intervention at 12 and 24 monthsBarbara K Rimer
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA
Am J Prev Med 22:247-57. 2002..Numerous groups have called for informed decision making about mammography, but few programs have resulted. Our research is intended to fill this gap... - Cancer control research 2001B K Rimer
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Cancer Causes Control 11:257-70. 2000..Cancer control research must aim to reduce cancer risk, incidence, and mortality, and improve quality of life. These are important challenges for the new millennium... - The short-term impact of tailored mammography decision-making interventionsB K Rimer
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Room 242, 6130 Executive Blvd, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Patient Educ Couns 43:269-85. 2001.... - The impact of tailored interventions on a community health center populationB K Rimer
National Cancer Institute, 6130 Executive Boulevard, Room 242, Bethesda, MD 20892 7335, USA
Patient Educ Couns 37:125-40. 1999..These results show that a combination of tailored interventions may have potential for reaching the women who have too often been labeled the 'hard to reach.'.. - Tailoring communications for primary care settingsB K Rimer
Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC, USA
Methods Inf Med 37:171-7. 1998..TPCs offer opportunities to expand the reach of health professionals and to give personalized, individualized massages in an era of shrinking professional contact time... - Factors associated with men's use of prostate-specific antigen screening: evidence from Health Information National Trends SurveyLila J Finney Rutten
Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, Division of Cancer Prevention and Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch, Division of Cancer Control and Population Science, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7361, USA
Prev Med 40:461-8. 2005..Rapid uptake of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing has occurred in the United States despite inconclusive evidence regarding mortality benefit... - Promoting cancer screening: Learning from experienceHelen I Meissner
Applied Cancer Screening Research Branch, Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA
Cancer 101:1107-17. 2004..The application of the lessons from this extensive knowledge base not only should accelerate the uptake of the effective cancer screening tests currently available, but also can guide future directions for research... - The future of research that promotes cancer screeningHelen I Meissner
Applied Cancer Screening Research Branch, Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Cancer 101:1251-9. 2004.... - Initiation and discontinuation of hormone therapy for menopausal symptoms: results from a community sampleHayden B Bosworth
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, Durham, North Carolina, USA
J Behav Med 28:105-14. 2005..These findings highlight the importance of physicians discussing HT with their patients, particularly because of recent clinical trial developments... 
How new subscribers use cancer-related online mailing listsBarbara K Rimer
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, The University of North Carolina, NC 27599 7295, USA
J Med Internet Res 7:e32. 2005..These are stated cancer communication goals of the US National Cancer Institute...- Public education and cancer controlBarbara K Rimer
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Semin Oncol Nurs 21:286-95. 2005..To provide an overview of public education efforts in tobacco, obesity, environmental health, and cancer screening... - Trust and sources of health information: the impact of the Internet and its implications for health care providers: findings from the first Health Information National Trends SurveyBradford W Hesse
National Cancer Institute, 6130 Executive Boulevard, MSC 7365, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Arch Intern Med 165:2618-24. 2005..The objective of this study was to provide nationally representative estimates for health-related uses of the Internet, level of trust in health information sources, and preferences for cancer information sources... - Retention and use of breast cancer recurrence risk information from genomic tests: the role of health literacySarah E Lillie
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 16:249-55. 2007..Because these genomic tests are so new, little is known about how well patients understand the tests and their results... - Critical issues in eHealth researchAudie A Atienza
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Am J Prev Med 32:S71-4. 2007 - Research for North Carolina: The University Cancer Research FundMichael S O'Malley
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
N C Med J 69:299-302. 2008..We embrace that opportunity and that responsibility and pledge ourselves to our shared vision of a better future for the citizens of North Carolina... 
Interventions to increase recommendation and delivery of screening for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers by healthcare providers systematic reviews of provider assessment and feedback and provider incentivesSusan A Sabatino
CDC Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Am J Prev Med 35:S67-74. 2008..e., flexible sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, or double-contrast barium enema)...- Client-directed interventions to increase community demand for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening a systematic reviewRoy C Baron
Community Guide Branch, National Center for Health Marketing, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Am J Prev Med 35:S34-55. 2008..e., flexible sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, double contrast barium enema). Specific areas for further research are also suggested in this report... - Methods for conducting systematic reviews of evidence on effectiveness and economic efficiency of interventions to increase screening for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancersRoy C Baron
Community Guide Branch, National Center for Health Marketing, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Am J Prev Med 35:S26-33. 2008 - Recommendations for client- and provider-directed interventions to increase breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screeningJonathan E Fielding
Am J Prev Med 35:S21-5. 2008 - Introducing the community guide's reviews of evidence on interventions to increase screening for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancersRosalind A Breslow
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Am J Prev Med 35:S14-20. 2008 - Women's interest in gene expression analysis for breast cancer recurrence riskSuzanne C O'Neill
University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
J Clin Oncol 25:4628-34. 2007..We assessed interest in genomic RFR testing and patient preferences for incorporating results into treatment decision making... - Frustrated and confused: the American public rates its cancer-related information-seeking experiencesNeeraj K Arora
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7344, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:223-8. 2008..Ensuring access to high-quality cancer-related information is important for the success of cancer prevention and control efforts... - Triangulating differential nonresponse by race in a telephone surveyJessica T DeFrank
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus Box 7295, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7295, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 4:A60. 2007..This study illustrates methods to assess differential survey nonresponse when population race data are incomplete, which is often the case when studies are conducted among members of health plans... - Informed decision making: what is its role in cancer screening?Barbara K Rimer
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7295, USA
Cancer 101:1214-28. 2004..More work is needed in this area as well. In addition, research is needed to learn how to incorporate IDM into ongoing clinical practice and to determine whether there are unintended negative consequences of IDM... - Prevalence and correlates of repeat mammography among women aged 55-79 in the Year 2000 National Health Interview SurveyWilliam Rakowski
Department of Community Health and The Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Prev Med 39:1-10. 2004..This study examines the prevalence and cross-sectional correlates of repeat mammography, among women aged 55-79, using a 12-month (N = 3,502) and a 24-month interval (N = 3,491)... - Coping styles and personality domains related to menopausal stressHayden B Bosworth
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Womens Health Issues 13:32-8. 2003.... - The hormone therapy dilemma: women respondErica S Breslau
Applied Cancer Screening Research Branch, Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, USA
J Am Med Womens Assoc 58:33-43. 2003..In the wake of the premature end of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) study, we sought to assess women's knowledge of and attitudes about hormone therapy (HT) study findings and to appraise women's responses and intentions... - Evaluating participants' use of a hormone replacement therapy decision-making interventionLori A Bastian
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 508 Fulton Street 152, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Patient Educ Couns 48:283-91. 2002.... - Pre-counseling education materials for BRCA testing: does tailoring make a difference?Celette Sugg Skinner
Duke University Medical Center, Department of Community and Family Medicine and the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Genet Test 6:93-105. 2002..91% NPM; p < 0.05). TPMs showed an advantage in increasing knowledge and enhancing accuracy of perceived risk. Both are critical components of informed decision making... - A tailored intervention to aid decision-making about hormone replacement therapyColleen M McBride
The Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710-2949, USA
Am J Public Health 92:1112-4. 2002 - Factors associated with patient-recalled smoking cessation advice in a low-income clinicKathryn I Pollak
Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cancer Prevention, Detection and Control Research Program, Durham, North Carolina 27710-2949, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 94:354-63. 2002..Future studies should address the dynamics of patient-provider communication about smoking cessation, especially in populations that include ethnically diverse patients... - The effectiveness of interventions to promote mammography among women with historically lower rates of screeningJulie Legler
Statistical Research and Applications Branch, Surveillance Research Program, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 11:59-71. 2002..2-30.6, five studies). Access-enhancing strategies are an important complement to individual- and system-directed interventions for women with historically lower rates of screening... - The effect of a stage-matched and tailored intervention on repeat mammography(1)Melissa A Clark
Department of Community Health, Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Am J Prev Med 22:1-7. 2002..Each woman in Group 3 received materials based on her stage of adoption for mammography and TTM constructs... - Progress in cancer screening practices in the United States: results from the 2000 National Health Interview SurveyJudith Swan
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Cancer 97:1528-40. 2003..In 2000, the new cancer control module added to the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) collected more detailed information on cancer screening compared with previous surveys... - Effectiveness of telephone counseling for mammography: results from five randomized trialsAnne M Stoddard
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
Prev Med 34:90-9. 2002..The purpose of this report is to compare the effectiveness of a barrier-specific telephone counseling intervention across the five study sites of the Breast Cancer Screening Consortium (BCSC)... - Provider characteristics and mammography recommendation among women in their 40s and 50sKelli L Dominick
Health Services Research and Development, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27713, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 12:61-71. 2003..We examined the relationship of provider gender, age, medical specialty, and duration of relationship with the patient to report mammography recommendation... - Another round in the mammography controversyHelen I Meissner
Applied Cancer Screening Research Branch, Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 7331, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 12:261-76. 2003..We conducted a national survey in March 2002 to provide information about women's perspectives on the issues, including the evidence regarding the efficacy of mammography and, ultimately, their intentions to continue screening... - Attitudes, knowledge, risk perceptions and decision-making among women with breast and/or ovarian cancer considering testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2 and their spousesLeslie G Bluman
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Psychooncology 12:410-27. 2003..Overall, spouses were satisfied with their role in the decision-making process. Future interventions to improve the decision-making process regarding genetic testing for breast cancer susceptibility should be undertaken... - The evolution of cancer control research: an international perspective from Canada and the United StatesAllan Best
Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V5Z 1L8 [A. B
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 12:705-12. 2003..We conclude by calling for an international forum for the systematic advancement of cancer control research, and closer ties between the cancer control communities in North America... - Facilitating transdisciplinary research: the experience of the transdisciplinary tobacco use research centersGlen D Morgan
Tobacco Control Research Branch, Behavioral Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 7337, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 5:S11-9. 2003.... - Measures for ascertaining use of colorectal cancer screening in behavioral, health services, and epidemiologic researchSally W Vernon
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 13:898-905. 2004 - Client-directed interventions to increase community access to breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening a systematic reviewRoy C Baron
Community Guide Branch, National Center for Health Marketing, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Am J Prev Med 35:S56-66. 2008..e., flexible sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, double contrast barium enema). Specific areas for further research are also suggested in this report... - Incorporating genetic susceptibility feedback into a smoking cessation program for African-American smokers with low incomeColleen M McBride
Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duke Department of Community and Family Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27710 2949, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 11:521-8. 2002.... - The Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS): development, design, and disseminationDavid E Nelson
National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7365, USA
J Health Commun 9:443-60; discussion 81-4. 2004.... - Reminder letter, tailored stepped-care, and self-choice comparison for repeat mammographyWilliam Rakowski
Department of Community Health, Box G A4, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
Am J Prev Med 25:308-14. 2003..The main benefits of mammography come from regular on-schedule screening. However, few studies have examined interventions to achieve repeat screening... - Patterns of change in hostility from college to midlife in the UNC Alumni Heart Study predict high-risk statusIlene C Siegler
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Behavioral Medicine Research Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Psychosom Med 65:738-45. 2003..To examine hostility measured in college and patterns of change in hostility from college to midlife as predictors of high health-related risk later in midlife... - How cancer survivors provide support on cancer-related Internet mailing listsAndrea Meier
School of Social Work, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 3550, USA
J Med Internet Res 9:e12. 2007..Most studies of these mailing lists have investigated lists dedicated to one type of cancer, most often breast cancer. Little is known about whether the lessons learned from experiences with breast cancer lists apply to other cancers... - The efficacy of tailored print materials in promoting colorectal cancer screening: results from a randomized trial involving callers to the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information ServiceAlfred C Marcus
AMC Cancer Research Center, Denver, Colorado 80214, USA
J Health Commun 10:83-104. 2005..Directions for future research are discussed in light of the results summarized above...