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Noel T. Brewer, PhD |
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Affiliations UNC Dept. of Psychology Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Interdisciplinary Health Communication Bio NIH
biosketch - NIH
other support Links Applied
Research Methods Course Contact
info ntb1xunc.edu (change x to @) UNC School of Public Health,
HBHE 919-966-3282
off Media 10.07. Patients want genomic test for breast
cancer recurrence. UNC press
release. Story by ASPH
Friday News. 6.07. HPV vaccine unlikely to lead teens to have
more sex. UNC press
release. Stories by USA Today
and UPI. 4.07. False positive mammograms have long-term
consequences. UNC press
release. Stories by Fox
News and Reuters. 11.06. Half of people at high risk don’t know they
need a flu shot. UNC press release.
Stories by the Washington
Post and the FDA. |
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Research The psychology of medical decision making is my primary area
of research. Examples of my research include
risk perception and risk communication in the context of vaccination
decisions as well as the effects of false positive medical testing. Lab My research happens in the Health Cognition & Behavior
Lab, a multidisciplinary setting dedicated to studying medical
decision making. We pursue theoretical
questions that have real world implications for the public’s health. Several research projects are
highlighted below. More research Communicating
genomic test results
With support of a five year
grant from the American Cancer Society, we are examining how to communicate
with women about new genomic tests that assess breast cancer recurrence
risk. Public health issue: About 40% of women receiving chemotherapy
for early stage breast cancer may not need it. Decision
science theory: We are examining the optimal way to communicate the test
results to aid decision making about chemotherapy. HPV
vaccination In collaboration with the CDC, we are studying HPV vaccination
behavior among African American women in rural |
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Publications Pubs from one line of
research are featured below. More
publications HPV
vaccination decisions We have several ongoing studies on decisions about HPV vaccination.
Brewer, N. T., & Fazekas, K. I.
(2007). Predictors of HPV vaccine
acceptability: A theory-informed systematic review. Preventive
Medicine, 45, 107-114. Download pdf Brewer,
N. T., Cuite, C. L., Herrington, J., & Weinstein, N. D. (2007). Risk compensation and vaccination: Can
getting vaccinated cause people to engage in risky behaviors? Annals
of Behavioral Medicine, 34, 95-99.
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Sperber, N. R., Brewer, N.T., and Smith, J. S. (in
press). Influence of parent
characteristics and disease outcome framing on HPV vaccine acceptability
among rural, Southern women. Cancer Causes & Control. Download pdf Fazekas,
K. I., Brewer, N. T., & Smith, J. S. HPV vaccine acceptability in a
rural, Sothern area. Journal of Women’s Health. Download pdf Cates,
J. R., Brewer, N. T., Fazekas, K. I., Mitchell, C. E., & Smith, J. S.
Racial differences in HPV knowledge, HPV vaccine acceptability, and related
beliefs. Under review. Risk
perception and Brewer,
N. T., Weinstein, N. D., Cuite, C. L., & Herrington, J. (2004). Risk perceptions and their relation to risk
behavior. Annals of Behavioral
Medicine, 27, 125-130. Download pdf Brewer,
N. T., Chapman, G. B., Gibbons, F. X., Gerard, M., McCaul, K. D., &
Weinstein, N. D. (2007). A meta-analysis of the relationship between
risk perception and health behavior: The example of vaccination. Health
Psychology, 26, 136-145. Download pdf Brewer,
N. T., Cuite, C. L., Herrington, J., & Weinstein, N. D. (2007). Risk compensation and vaccination: Can
getting vaccinated cause people to engage in risky behaviors? Annals
of Behavioral Medicine, 34, 95-99.
Download pdf
Brewer,
N. T., & Hallman, W. K. (2006).
Subjective and objective risk as predictors of influenza vaccination during
the vaccine shortage of 2004-2005. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 43,
1379-1386. Download pdf |
Last updated March 4, 2008