CECCR II Publications


In Press:


  1. Lewis, N, Hornik, R.C., & Gray, S.W. (In press). Cross source engagement with cancer-related information and its impact on doctor-patient relations. Health Communication.

2009:


  1. Brechman, J., Lee, C-J., & Cappella, J.N. (2009). Lost in Translation? A Comparison of Cancer Genetics Reporting in the Press Release and Its Subsequent Coverage in Press. Science Communication, 30, 453-474.
  2. Cappella, J. N. & Hornik, R. (2009). The Importance of Communication Science in Addressing Core Problems in Public Health. In P. M. Buzzanell & D. Carbaugh (Editors), Distinctive Qualities in Communication Research. Routledge. UK.
  3. Cappella, J.N. Mittermaier, D.J., Weiner, Humphreys, L., Falcone, T., & Giorno, M. (2009). Coding instructions: An example. Krippendorff, K.& Bock, M. (eds.) The content analysis reader (pp. 253-266). Thousand Oaks, Ca: Sage Publications Inc
  4. Gray, S.W., Armstrong, K., DeMichele, A., Schwartz, J.S., Hornik, R. (2009). Colon Cancer Patient Information Seeking and the Adoption of Targeted Therapy for On-Label and Off-Label Indications. Cancer, 115(7), 1424-34.
  5. Gray, S.W., O’Grady, C., Karp, L., Smith, S., Schwartz, J.S., Hornik, R., Armstrong, K. (In Press). Risk Information Exposure and Direct to Consumer Genetic Testing for BRCA Mutations among Women with a Personal or Family History of Breast or Ovarian Cancer, Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, 18(4), 1303-1311.
  6. Kang, Y., Cappella, J. N., & Fishbein, M. (2009). The Effect of Marijuana Scenes in Anti-marijuana Public Service Announcements on Adolescents' Evaluation of Ad Effectiveness. Health Communication, 24(6), 483-493.
  7. Kelly, Bridget, Leader, A., Mittermaier, D.,Hornik, R., & Cappella, J.N. (2009). The HPV vaccine and the media: How has the topic been covered and what are the effects on knowledge about the virus and cervical cancer? Patient Education and Counseling, 77(2), 308-313.
  8. Langleben D., Loughead J., Ruparel K., Hakun J.G., Strasser A., Holloway M., Cappella J., Lerman C. (e-pub ahead of print: March 2009). Reduced prefrontal and temporal processing and recall of high sensation value anti-tobacco ads. Neuroimage.
  9. Langleben, D., Loughead, J., Ruparel, K., Hakun, J., Holloway, M., Busch, S., Strasser, A., Cappella, J., Lerman, C. (2009). Reduced Prefrontal and Temporal Processing and Recall of High “Sensation Value” Ads. NeuroImage, 46(1), 219-225.
  10. Leader, A., Weiner, J., Kelly, B.J., Hornik, R.C., & Cappella, J.N. and others (2009). Effects of Information Framing on Human Papillomavirus Vaccination, Journal of Women's Health, 18(2), 1-9.
  11. Lee, C-J & Hornik, R.C (2009). Physician Trust Moderates the Internet Use and Physician Visit Relationship. Journal of Health Communication, 14(1), 70-76.
  12. Lee, C-J. (2009). Does the Internet displace health professionals? Journal of Health Communication, 14(1), 70-6.
  13. Romantan, A., Hornik, R., Price, V., Cappella, J.N., & Viswanath, K. (2009). A Comparative Analysis of the Performance of Alternative Measures of Exposure. Communication Methods and Measures, 2(1&2), 80-99.
  14. Smith-McLallen, A. & Fishbein, M. (2009). Predicting intentions to engage in cancer prevention and detection behaviors: Examining differences between Black and White adults. Psychology Health and Medicine, 14, 180-189.
  15. Smith-McLallen, A. & Fishbein, M. (2009). Predictors of Intentions to Perform Six Cancer-Related Behaviors: Roles for Injunctive and Descriptive Norms. Psychology Health and Medicine, 13, 389-401.
  16. Strasser A., Cappella J., Jepson C., Fishbein M., Tang K., Han E., Lerman C. (2009). Experimental evaluation of anti-tobacco PSAs : Effects of message content and format on physiological and behavioral outcomes. Nicotine and Tobacco Research. Doi:10.1093/ntr/ntn033.
  17. Strasser, A. A., Cappella, J. N., Jepson, C., Fishbein, M., Tang, K.Z., Han, E., & Lerman, C. (2009). Experimental Evaluation of Anti-Tobacco PSAs: Effects of Message Content and Format on Physiological and Behavioral Outcomes. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 11(3), 293-302.
  18. Stryker JE, Fishman J, Emmons KM, Viswanath K. (2009). Cancer risk communication in mainstream and ethnic newspapers. /Preventing Chronic Disease,/ 6:1: http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2009/jan/08_0006.htm.
  19. Wong, N. & Cappella, J.N. (2009). Antismoking Threat and Efficacy Appeals: Effects on Smoking Cessation Intentions for Smokers with Low and High Readiness to Quit. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 37(1), 1-20.
  20. Wong, N. C. H. (2009). Investigating the effects of cancer risk and efficacy perceptions on cancer prevention adherence and intentions. Health Communication, 24(2), 95-105.

2008:


  1. Chernin, A. (2008). The effects of food marketing on children’s preferences: Testing the moderating roles of age and gender. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 615, 102-118.
  2. Fishbein, M (2008). A Reasoned action approach to health promotion. Medical Decision Making, 28(6), 834-844.
  3. Fishbein, M. & Hornik, R. (2008). Measuring Media Exposure: An Introduction to the Special Issue. Communication Methods and Measures, 2(1-2), 1-5.
  4. Fishman J., O’Dwyer P., Lu H., Henderson H., Asch D., Casarett D.J. (2008). Race, treatment preferences, and hospice enrollment. Eligibility criteria may exclude patients with the greatest needs for care. Cancer. 115(3):689 - 697
  5. Hawkins, R.P., Kreuter, M., Resnicow, K., Fishbein, M. & Dijkstra, A. (2008).Understanding tailoring in communicating about health. Health Education Research, 23(3), 454-466.
  6. Hornik, R. & Niederdeppe, J. (2008) Information Scanning. In W. Donsbach (ed.) International Encyclopedia of Communication (pp. 2257-2261). Oxford, UK & Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
  7. Jordan, A., Kunkle, D. , Manganello, J. & Fishbein, M. (Eds). (2008) Media Messages and Public Health: A Decisions Approach to Content Analysis. New York: Taylor & Francis.
  8. Kang, Y., Cappella, J. N. (2008). Emotional Reactions to and Perceived Effectiveness of Media Messages: Appraisal and Message Sensation Value. Western Journal of Communication, 72(1), 40 - 61.
  9. Lee, C-J, Hornik, R.C., & Hennessy, M. (2008). The Reliability and Stability of General Media Exposure Measures. Communication Methods and Measures, 13(5), 450-464.
  10. Legare, F., Elwyn, G., Fishbein, M., Fremont, P., Frosch, D., Kenny, D.A., Gagnon, M-P., Labrecque, M., Stacey, D., St-Jacques, S., & van der Weijden, T. (2008) Translating shared decision-making into health care clinical practices: proof of Concepts. Implementation Science, 3(2). Published Online.
  11. Manganello, J. A., & Fishbein, M. (2008). Using theory to Inform Content Analysis. In D.Kunkle, A.Jordan, J. Manganello & M. Fishbein (Eds). Media Messages and Public Health: A Decisions Approach to Content Analysis. New York: Taylor & Francis.
  12. Nguyen, G.T., Barg, F., Armstrong, K., Holmes, J.H., & Hornik, R. (2008) Cancer and communication in the healthcare setting: Experiences of older Vietnamese immigrants, a qualitative study. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 23 (1), 45-50.
  13. Niederdeppe, J. (2008). Beyond knowledge gaps: Examining socioeconomic differences in response to cancer news. Human Communication Research, 34(3), 423 – 447.
  14. Niederdeppe, J., Frosch, D. L., & Hornik, R. (2008). Cancer news coverage and information seeking. Journal of Health Communication, 13, 181-199.
  15. Romantan, A., Hornik, R., Price, V., Cappella, J.N., & Viswanath, K. (2008). A Comparative Analysis of the Performance of Alternative Measures of Exposure. Communication Methods and Measures, 2(1-2), 80-99.
  16. Shim, M. (2008) Connecting Internet use with gaps in cancer knowledge. Health Communication, 23(5), 448-61.
  17. Smith-McLallen, A. & Fishbein, M. (In Press). Predictors of Intentions to Perform Six Cancer-Related Behaviors: Roles for Injunctive and Descriptive Norms. Psychology Health and Medicine, 13, 389-401.
  18. Strasser, A.A., Tang, K.Z., Tuller, M.D., Cappella, J.N. (2008). PREP advertisement features affect smokers’ beliefs regarding potential harm. Tobacco Control, 17(1), 32-38.
  19. Tjia, J., Micco, E., and Armstrong, K. (2008) Interest in breast cancer chemoprevention among older women. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 108(3): 435-453.
  20. Yanovitzky, I. Hornik, R., & Zanutto, E. (2008) Estimating Causal Effects in Observational Studies: The Propensity Score Approach. In A. F. Hayes, M. D. Slater, and L. B. Snyder (Eds.), The SAGE sourcebook of advanced data analysis methods for communication research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

2007:


  1. Cappella, J.N. (2007). The Role of Discrete Emotions in the Theory of Reasoned Action and its Successors: Quitting smoking in young adults. In I. Ajzen, D. Albarracin, & R. Hornik (Eds.), Prediction and Change of Health Behavior: Applying a Reasoned Action Approach (pp. 43-52 ). Mahweh, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
  2. Fishbein, M. (2007). A Reasoned Action Approach: Some Issues, Questions, and Clarifications. In I. Ajzen, D. Albarracin, & R. Hornik (Eds.), Prediction and Change of Health Behavior: Applying a Reasoned Action Approach (pp. 277-291). Mahweh, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
  3. Frosch, D., Krueger, P., Hornik, R., Cronholm, P., & Barg F. (2007). Creating demand for prescription drugs: A content analysis of television direct to consumer advertising. Annals of Family Medicine, 5 (1), 6-13.
  4. Gray, S. W., Wong, N., Kelly, B., Romantan, A., Ramirez, S., Fraze, T., Smith-McLallen, A., Armstrong, K., Schwartz, J. S., & Hornik, R. (2007). Physician initiated cancer screening discussions and patient intention to engage in screening behavior [Abstract]. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2007 Annual Meeting Proceedings Part 1, 25(18S), 1528.
  5. Halbert, C.H., Gandy, O.H., Collier, A., & Shaker, L. (2007). Beliefs about tobacco use in African Americans. Ethnicity and Disease, 17, 92-98.
  6. Hornik, R & Kelly, B. (2007) Communication and Diet: An Overview of Experience and Principles&;#44; Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 39(Supplement 2), S5-S12.
  7. Hornik, R. (2007). An Extension of the Theory of Reasoned Action and Its Successors to Multiple Behaviors Interventions. In I. Ajzen, D. Albarracin, & R. Hornik (Eds.), Prediction and Change of Health Behavior: Applying a Reasoned Action Approach (pp. 53-68 ). Mahweh, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
  8. Jeong, S.H. (2007). Effects of news about genetics and obesity on controllability attributions and helping behaviors. Health Communication. 22(3), 221-228.
  9. Kessler, L., Collier, A., & Halbert, C.H. (2007). Knowledge about genetics among African Americans. Journal of Genetic Counseling. 16(2), 191-200.
  10. Kreuter, M., Holmes, K., Hinyard, L., Houston, T., Woolley, S., Green, M.C., Cappella, J.N., Slater, M., Wise, M., Storey, D., Clark, E., O’Keefe, D., & Erwin, D. (2007). Narrative Communication in Cancer Prevention and Control: A Framework to Guide Research and Application. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 33(3), 221-235.
  11. Nguyen, G.T., Barg, F., Armstrong, K., Holmes, J.H., & Hornik, R. (In Press) Cancer and communication in the healthcare setting: Experiences of older Vietnamese immigrants, a qualitative study. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 23(1).
  12. Niederdeppe, J., & Gurmankin Levy, A. (2007). Fatalistic beliefs bout cancer prevention and three prevention behaviors. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention. 16 (5), 998-1003.
  13. Niederdeppe, J., Hornik, R.C., Kelly, B., Frosch, D.L., Romantan, A., Stevens, R., Barg, F., & Weiner, J. (2007). Exploring the dimensions of cancer-related information seeking and scanning behavior. Health Communication, 22(2), 153-167.
  14. Strasser, A., Lerman, C., Sanborn, P., Pickworth, W., Feldman, E. (2007). New lower nicotine cigarettes can produce compensatory smoking and increased carbon monoxide exposure. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 86(2-3):294-300.

2006:


  1. Cappella, J.N. (2006) Integrating Message Effects and Behavior Change Theories: Organizing Comments and Unanswered Questions. Journal of Communication, 56. (Supp. 1), S265-S279.
  2. Fishbein, M., & Cappella, J. N. The role of theory in developing effective health communications. (2006) Journal of Communication, 56 (Supp. 1), S1-S17.
  3. Frosch, D.L. (2006). Hypothesis: Direct-to-consumer-advertising exposure impedes lifestyle-focused cancer prevention efforts. International Journal of Cancer Prevention, 2, 1-4.
  4. Gray, S.W., Romantan, A., Kelly, B., Ramirez, S., Stevens, R., Wong, N., Kim, A., Schwartz, J.S., & Hornik, R. (2006). Cancer information acquisition differs by patient characteristics. Journal of Clinical Oncology (meeting abstracts), 24 (18S), 16008.
  5. Halbert, C.H., Gandy, O.H. Jr., Collier, A., Shaker, L. (2006). Intentions to participate in genetics research among African American smokers. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, 15, 150-153.
  6. Halbert, C.H., Gandy, O.H., Armstrong, K., & Shaker, L. (2006). Racial differences in trust in health care providers. Archives of Internal Medicine, 166, 896-901.
  7. Hornik, R., & Ramirez, A.S. (2006). Racial/Ethnic Disparities and Segmentation in Communication Campaigns. American Behavioral Scientist, 49(6), 868-884.
  8. Kang, Y., Cappella, J.N., & Fishbein, M. (2006). The Attentional Mechanism of Message Sensation Value: Interaction between Message Sensation Value and Argument Quality on Message Effectiveness. Communication Monographs, 73(4), 351-378.
  9. Nguyen, G.T., & Bellamy, S. (2006). Cancer Information Seeking Patterns in a National Sample of Asian Americans. Journal of Health Communication, 11 (Supp 1), 173-180.
  10. Shadel, W.G., Lerman, C., Cappella, J., Strasser, A., Pinto, A., & Hornik, R. (2006). Evaluating Smokers' Reactions to Advertising for New Lower Nicotine Quest Cigarettes. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 20(1), 80-84.
  11. Shim, M., Kelly, B., & Hornik, R. (2006). Cancer Information Scanning and Seeking Behavior is Associated with Knowledge, Lifestyle Choices, and Screening. Journal of Health Communication, 11(Supplement 1), 157-172.
  12. Strasser, A., Lerman, C. & Cappella, J. (2006) Lower Nicotine Cigarettes May Not Lower Harm. LDI Issue Brief: Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, 12, 2.
  13. Stryker, J.E., Wray, R., Hornik, R. & Yanovitzky, I (2006) Validation of Database Search Terms for Content Analysis: The Case of Cancer News Coverage. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly Vol. 83, No. 2, 413-430.

2005:


  1. Cappella, J., Lerman, C., Romantan, A., & Baruh, L. News about Genetics and Smoking: Priming, Family Smoking History and News Story Believability on Inferences of Genetic Susceptibility to Tobacco Addiction. Communication Research. 2005; 32, 478-502.
  2. Frosch, D.L., Mello, P., & Lerman, C. Behavioral consequences of screening for obesity risk. Cancer, Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. 2005; 14(6). 1485-1489.
  3. Hendersen, V.R., & Kelly, B. (2005). Food advertising in the age of obesity: content analysis of food advertising on general market and African American television. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 37, 191-196.
  4. Yanovitzky, I., Zanutto, E., & Hornik, R. (2005). Estimating causal effects of public health education campaigns using propensity score methodology. Evaluation and Program Planning, 28(2), 209-220


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