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| M W KreuterSummaryAffiliation: Saint Louis University Country: USA Publications
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Narrative communication in cancer prevention and control: a framework to guide research and applicationMatthew W Kreuter
Health Communication Research Laboratory, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, 3545 Lafayette Avenue, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
Ann Behav Med 33:221-35. 2007..Future research needs based on these propositions are outlined and encouraged...
Use of GIS to identify optimal settings for cancer prevention and control in African American communitiesKassandra I Alcaraz
Health Communication Research Laboratory, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO 63112, USA
Prev Med 49:54-7. 2009..Rarely have Geographic Information Systems (GIS) been used to inform community-based outreach and intervention planning. This study sought to identify community settings most likely to reach individuals from geographically localized areas...- Sociocultural characteristics and responses to cancer education materials among African American womenMatthew W Kreuter
Health Communication Research Laboratory, Department of Community Health, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, MO 63104, USA
Cancer Control 10:69-80. 2003..01). In this population of women, cultural characteristics appear to moderate responses to tailored health education materials... - Effectiveness of individually tailored calendars in promoting childhood immunization in urban public health centersMatthew W Kreuter
Health Communication Research Laboratory, Division of Behavioral Science and Health Education, Department of Community Health, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
Am J Public Health 94:122-7. 2004..We examined the effectiveness of tailored calendars in increasing childhood immunization rates... - The role of culture in health communicationMatthew W Kreuter
Health Communication Research Laboratory, Department of Community Health, St Louis, Missouri 63104, USA
Annu Rev Public Health 25:439-55. 2004..We conclude with recommendations for future research on culture and health communication... - Responses to behaviorally vs culturally tailored cancer communication among African American womenMatthew W Kreuter
Health Communication Research Laboratory, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, 3545 Lafayette Ave, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
Am J Health Behav 28:195-207. 2004..To examine whether tailored cancer communication for African American women can be enhanced by tailoring on 4 sociocultural constructs: religiosity, collectivism, racial pride, and time orientation... - Cultural tailoring for mammography and fruit and vegetable intake among low-income African-American women in urban public health centersMatthew W Kreuter
Health Communication Research Laboratory and Center of Excellence in Cancer Communication Research, Department of Community Health, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University SLU, 3545 Lafayette Avenue, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
Prev Med 41:53-62. 2005..The Institute of Medicine has called for randomized studies directly comparing approaches that do and do not consider culture... - Use of computer kiosks for breast cancer education in five community settingsMatthew W Kreuter
Health Communication Research Laboratory, Department of Community Health, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, 3545 Lafayette Ave, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
Health Educ Behav 33:625-42. 2006..Findings inform strategic decision making about technology dissemination and community outreach to women needing information about breast cancer and mammography... 
What makes cancer survivor stories work? An empirical study among African American womenMatthew W Kreuter
Health Communication Research Laboratory and Center for Cultural Cancer Communication, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, 3545 Lafayette Avenue, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
J Cancer Surviv 2:33-44. 2008..Understanding what makes survivor stories effective can enhance survivor-delivered programs and interventions...- Using dissemination research to identify optimal community settings for tailored breast cancer information kiosksMatthew W Kreuter
Health Communication Research Laboratory, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, 3545 Lafayette Ave, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 14:160-9. 2008.... - Tailored and targeted health communication: strategies for enhancing information relevanceMatthew W Kreuter
Health Communication Research Laboratory, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
Am J Health Behav 27:S227-32. 2003..To discuss tailored messages in the broader context of communication strategies designed to enhance the relevance of health information to a given audience... - How does physician advice influence patient behavior? Evidence for a priming effectM W Kreuter
Department of Community Health, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, MO 63108, USA
Arch Fam Med 9:426-33. 2000..To explore a potential "priming effect" of physician advice on patient responses to behavioral change interventions... - Achieving cultural appropriateness in health promotion programs: targeted and tailored approachesMatthew W Kreuter
Health Communication Research Laboratory, Department of Community Health, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
Health Educ Behav 30:133-46. 2003..The authors illustrate this new approach with an example of cultural tailoring forcancer prevention in a population of lower income urban African American women... - Understanding how people process health information: a comparison of tailored and nontailored weight-loss materialsM W Kreuter
Department of Community Health, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, 63108, USA
Health Psychol 18:487-94. 1999..The tailoring of health information can significantly improve the chances the information will be thoughtfully considered and can stimulate prebehavioral changes such as self-assessment and intention... - Do nutrition label readers eat healthier diets? Behavioral correlates of adults' use of food labelsM W Kreuter
Department of Community Health, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, MO 63108, USA
Am J Prev Med 13:277-83. 1997..Reading and understanding nutrition labels on foods may be an important precursor to dietary change. However, little is known about how nutrition labels are used by consumers and what effect reading labels has on dietary behaviors... - Measuring exposure to health messages in community-based intervention studies: a systematic review of current practicesDaniel S Morris
Saint Louis University, 1402 S Grand Blvd, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
Health Educ Behav 36:979-98. 2009..There is substantial room for improvement in measurement and analysis of exposure to communication in community-based disease prevention studies... - Sociocultural correlates of breast cancer knowledge and screening in urban African American womenSusan N Lukwago
Health Communication Research Laboratory, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA
Am J Public Health 93:1271-4. 2003 - Disseminating effective health promotion programs from prevention research to community organizationsC A Caburnay
Health Communication Research Laboratory, Department of Community Health, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 7:81-9. 2001..Louis, Missouri. The authors discuss how one health center successfully adopted this program and provide recommendations for other researchers seeking to disseminate innovative, effective health promotion programs... - Evidential preferences: cultural appropriateness strategies in health communicationsV L Sanders Thompson
Health Communication Research Laboratory, Saint Louis University, School of Public Health, 3545 Lafayette Avenue, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
Health Educ Res 23:549-59. 2008..This strategy may prove useful in understanding and structuring the presentation of targeted cancer evidence that could result in more effective health communication... - Weight locus of control and weight-related attitudes and behaviors in an overweight populationC L Holt
Health Communication Research Laboratory, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, MO 63108, USA
Addict Behav 26:329-40. 2001..The results are discussed in terms of the validity of the WLOC and implications for future development of effective HEM... - Physician recommendations for diet and physical activity: which patients get advised to change?M W Kreuter
Department of Community Health, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, Missouri 63108, USA
Prev Med 26:825-33. 1997..However, studies show physicians are most likely to provide behavioral recommendations to patients who are already sick. Understanding factors that influence physicians' advising decisions can help broaden the reach of these activities... - Unintended effects of emphasizing disparities in cancer communication to African-AmericansRobert A Nicholson
Health Communication Research Laboratory, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, 3545 Lafayette Avenue, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:2946-53. 2008..This seems especially important among those with high levels of medical mistrust who are least likely to use the health care system and are thus the primary target of health promotion advertising... - Applying projective techniques to formative research in health communication developmentTheresa Wiehagen
Health Communication Research Laboratory, Saint Louis University School of Public Health, St Louis, Missouri, USA
Health Promot Pract 8:164-72. 2007..This approach may be a valuable tool for health-promotion and health-communication practitioners seeking insight on the implicit values of a priority population... - Evidence-based interventions to promote physical activity: what contributes to dissemination by state health departmentsRoss C Brownson
Prevention Research Center, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, St Louis, Missouri 63104, USA
Am J Prev Med 33:S66-73; quiz S74-8. 2007..The purpose of this study was to better understand the dissemination of physical activity interventions across the United States, focusing particularly on evidence-based guidelines... - The effect of disseminating evidence-based interventions that promote physical activity to health departmentsRoss C Brownson
Prevention Research Center, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
Am J Public Health 97:1900-7. 2007..We explored the effect of disseminating evidence-based guidelines that promote physical activity on US health department organizational practices in the United States... - Spiritual health locus of control and breast cancer beliefs among urban African American womenCheryl L Holt
Health Communication Research Laboratory, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, Missouri 63104, USA
Health Psychol 22:294-9. 2003..The active and passive spiritual dimensions are distinct from internal and external health locus of control. Further study of their associations with other health-related beliefs and behaviors is warranted... - A glossary for dissemination and implementation research in healthBorsika A Rabin
Department of Community Health and Prevention Research Center, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, 3545 Lafayette Ave, Salus Center 475, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 14:117-23. 2008.... - Theoretical perspectives on public communication preparedness for terrorist attacksRicardo J Wray
Health Communication Research Laboratory, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, 3545 Lafayette Avenue, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
Fam Community Health 27:232-41. 2004..This theoretical orientation provides a framework to systematically assess current recommendations for preparedness communication... - The use of sociocultural constructs in cancer screening research among African AmericansAnjali D Deshpande
Department of Community Health Division of Epidemiology, Saint Louis University School of Public Health, St Louis, Missouri, USA
Cancer Control 16:256-65. 2009..However, these studies vary widely in how sociocultural constructs are defined and measured, how they are conceived as affecting cancer beliefs, behaviors, and screening, and how they are applied in interventions... - Perceptions of neighborhood environment for physical activity: is it "who you are" or "where you live"?Sarah E Boslaugh
Health Communication Research Laboratory, Department of Community Health, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, 3545 Lafayette Avenue, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
J Urban Health 81:671-81. 2004.... - A community-based approach to promoting walking in rural areasRoss C Brownson
Department of Community Health and Prevention Research Center, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, St Louis, Missouri, USA
Am J Prev Med 27:28-34. 2004..Ecologic models are often recommended to promote physical activity, yet sparse data exist on their effectiveness... - The news on health behavior: coverage of diet, activity, and tobacco in local newspapersCharlene A Caburnay
Health Communication Research Laboratory, Division of Behavioral Science and Health Education, Department of Community Health, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, MO 63104, USA
Health Educ Behav 30:709-22. 2003..Because the local newspaper can be especially influential in smaller communities, strategies are needed to help reporters and editors in these settings provide more and better coverage of health behavior-related stories... - Spirituality, breast cancer beliefs and mammography utilization among urban African American womenCheryl L Holt
Health Communication Research Laboratory, Department of Community Health, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, MO 63104, USA
J Health Psychol 8:383-96. 2003..These findings suggest the importance of spiritual belief systems for health, and implications for spiritual cancer communication interventions are discussed... - Development and validation of brief scales to measure collectivism, religiosity, racial pride, and time orientation in urban African American womenS N Lukwago
Health Communication Research Laboratory, Division of Behavioral Science and Health Education, Department of Community Health School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, Missouri, USA
Fam Community Health 24:63-71. 2001..93, r=.85, p<.001); religiosity (alpha=.88, r=.89, p<.001); racial pride (alpha=.84, r=.52, p<.001); present time orientation (alpha=.73, r=.52, p<.01) and future time orientation (alpha=.72, r=.54, p=.07)... - The use of mentoring programs to improve energy balance behaviors in high-risk childrenDebra Haire-Joshu
Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 18:S75-83. 2010..Further, work is needed to evaluate the impact of family-focused multicomponent interventions, including computer-tailored approaches, directed toward both the parent and the child... - Reframing the dissemination challenge: a marketing and distribution perspectiveMatthew W Kreuter
Health Communication Research Laboratory, Institute for Public Health, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St Louis, 700 Rosedale Ave, Campus Box 1009, St Louis, MO 63112 1408, USA
Am J Public Health 99:2123-7. 2009..Without serious investment in such infrastructure, application of proven solutions in public health practice will continue to occur slowly and rarely... - Black newspapers as a tool for cancer education in African American communitiesCharlene A Caburnay
Health Communication Research Laboratory, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO 63112, USA
Ethn Dis 18:488-95. 2008.... - Dissemination of effective physical activity interventions: are we applying the evidence?Paula Ballew
Prevention Research Center in St Louis, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St Louis, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8109, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
Health Educ Res 25:185-98. 2010.... - Comparing demographic, health status and psychosocial strategies of audience segmentation to promote physical activitySarah E Boslaugh
Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
Health Educ Res 20:430-8. 2005..Audience segmentation appears to yield more homogeneous subgroups when psychosocial and health status factors are combined with demographic variables... - Are patients of women physicians screened more aggressively? A prospective study of physician gender and screeningM W Kreuter
Department of Community Health, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, MO 63108, USA
J Gen Intern Med 10:119-25. 1995..To determine the effects of physician gender on rates of Pap testing, mammography, and cholesterol testing when identifying and adjusting for demographic, psychosocial, and other patient variables known to influence screening rates... - Disparities by race and ethnicity in cancer survivor stories available on the webKatherine S Eddens
Health Communication Research Laboratory and Center for Cultural Cancer Communication, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO 63112 1408, USA
J Med Internet Res 11:e50. 2009..Most concerns to date have focused on population differences in access to technology, but differences may also exist in the appropriateness of online health content for diverse populations... - Using narrative communication as a tool for health behavior change: a conceptual, theoretical, and empirical overviewLeslie J Hinyard
Health Communication Research Laboratory and Center for Cultural Cancer Communication, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
Health Educ Behav 34:777-92. 2007.... - Individual, social environmental, and physical environmental influences on physical activity among black and white adults: a structural equation analysisLorna Haughton McNeill
School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Ann Behav Med 31:36-44. 2006..g., motivation and self-efficacy), social environmental (e.g., social support), and physical environmental factors (e.g., neighborhood quality and availability of facilities)... - Developing competencies for training practitioners in evidence-based cancer controlRoss C Brownson
Prevention Research Center in St Louis, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Department of Surgery and Alvin J Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
J Cancer Educ 24:186-93. 2009..Competency-based education allows public health departments to better develop a workforce aimed at conducting evidence-based control cancer... - On linkages: increasing awareness of and interest in public health and cancer control careers among minority middle school studentsKassandra I Alcaraz
Health Communication Research Laboratory, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri 63104, USA
Public Health Rep 123:533-9. 2008 - Awareness of mammography controversy among lower-income African American women in urban public health centersMatthew W Kreuter
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 13:121-2. 2004 - The role of religiosity in dietary beliefs and behaviors among urban African American womenCheryl L Holt
Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL 35294 4410, USA
Cancer Control 12:84-90. 2005..These findings highlight the role of both religious beliefs and behaviors as they relate to diet-related beliefs and behaviors in this population... - Social environment and physical activity: a review of concepts and evidenceLorna Haughton McNeill
Harvard School of Public Health Boston, MA, USA
Soc Sci Med 63:1011-22. 2006..Increasing the specificity of terminology and methods in social environmental research on health will enable more systematic inquiry and accelerate the rate of scientific discovery in this important area... - Health disparities, communication inequalities, and eHealthK Viswanath
Harvard School of Public Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Prev Med 32:S131-3. 2007 - Baby, Be Safe: the effect of tailored communications for pediatric injury prevention provided in a primary care settingTonja R Nansel
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, 6100 Executive Blvd, Room 7B05, MSC 7510, Bethesda, MD 20892 7510, USA
Patient Educ Couns 46:175-90. 2002..However, this difference was not observed among those receiving generic information. Findings support the use of office-based tailored injury prevention education as a component of routine well-child care... - Preventing unintentional pediatric injuries: a tailored intervention for parents and providersTonja R Nansel
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics revention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Health Educ Res 23:656-69. 2008..Tailoring may have particular utility for more complicated behaviors and for communication with less educated parents...
Research Grants
- Centers of Excellence in Cancer Communications ResearchMatthew Kreuter; Fiscal Year: 2007..The Pilot Research Program will solicit, identify and support innovative cancer communication research ideas. The center is highly interdisciplinary in its organizational structure, faculty, collaborators, and theme. ..
- Minority Pre-doctoral Education to Reduce DisparitiesMatthew Kreuter; Fiscal Year: 2007..The School of Public Health and Graduate School at Saint Louis University are strongly committed to this program, and have pledged 85% tuition scholarships for students involved. ..
- Sustainable strategies for increasing CIS use among African American and HispanicMatthew Kreuter; Fiscal Year: 2007..Because the intervention is highly integrated within current CIS structure and practices, this approach can be readily adopted if research evidence establishes its effectiveness. ..