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Downloads For published articles by Dr. Brewer and Lab members, download them by clicking on each article’s link. For in-press articles that appear in Dr. Brewer’s cv, email ntbxunc.edu (change x to @). Article Library Categories Frequently cited Anchoring & context effects Cancer screening & decision making False-positive testing Genomic test results HPV vaccination Gulf War veterans & symptom reports Risk perception & vaccination decisions Other medical decision making Frequently cited 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., 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). 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., Salz, T., Lillie, S. E. (2007). Systematic Review: The long-term effects of false-positive mammograms. Annals of Internal Medicine, 146, 502-510. Download pdf Chapman, G. B., Brewer, N. T., Coups, E. J, Brownlee, S., Leventhal, H., & Leventhal, E.A. (2001). Value for the future and preventive health behavior. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 7, 235-250. Download pdf Brewer, N. T., Chapman, G. B., Brownlee, S., & Leventhal, E. (2002). Cholesterol control, medication adherence and illness cognition. British Journal of Health Psychology, 7, 433-447. Download pdf Anchoring and context effects People’s risk perceptions can be strongly affected by context. These studies examine different types of context effects, including anchoring. Oppenheimer, D. M., LeBoeuf, R. A., & Brewer, N. T. (2008). Anchors aweigh: A demonstration of cross-modality anchoring and magnitude priming. Cognition, 206, 13-26. Download pdf Brewer, N. T., Chapman, G. B., Schwartz, J., & Bergus, G. R. (2007). The influence of irrelevant anchors on the judgments and choices of doctors and patients. Medical Decision Making, 27, 203-211. Download pdf Brewer, N. T., & Chapman, G. B. (2003). Contrast effects in judgments of health hazards. Journal of Social Psychology, 143, 341-354. Download pdf Brewer, N. T., & Chapman, G.B. (2002). The fragile basic anchoring effect. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 15, 65-77. Download pdf

Cancer screening and decision making Gierisch, J. N., Reiter, P. L., Rimer, B. K., & Brewer, N. T. (in press). Standard definitions of adherence for infrequent yet repeated health behaviors. American Journal of Health Behavior. Salz, T., Weinberger, M., Ayanian, J. Z., Brewer, N. T., Earle, C. C., Elston Lafata, J., Fisher, D. A., Weiner, B. J., & Sandler, R. S. (2010). Variation in use of surveillance colonoscopy among colorectal cancer survivors in the United States. BMC Health Services Research, 10, 256. Download pdf Gierisch, J. N., Earp, J. A., Brewer, N. T., & Rimer, B. K. (2010). Longitudinal predictors of non-adherence to maintenance of mammography. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention, 19, 1103-1111. Download pdf Salz, T., Brewer, N. T., Sandler, R. S., Weiner, B. J., Martin, C. F., & Weinberger, M. (2009). Association of health beliefs and colonoscopy use among survivors of colorectal cancer. Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 3, 193-201. Download pdf Salz, T., & Brewer, N. T. (2009). Offering chemotherapy and hospice jointly: One solution to hospice underuse among lung cancer patients. Medical Decision Making, 29, 521–531. Download pdf O’Neill, S. C., Bowling, M. J., Brewer, N. T., Lipkus, I. M., Skinner, C. S., Strigo, T. S., & Rimer, B. K. (2008). Intentions to maintain adherence to mammography. Journal of Women’s Health, 17(7), 1133-1141. Download pdf False-positive testing We are conducting several studies of the effects of false positive tests, including breast and cervical cancer screening. DeFrank, J. T. & Brewer, N. T. (in press). A model of the influence of false-positive test results on health behavior. Health Psychology Review. Salz, T., Richman, A. R., & Brewer, N. T. (in press). Meta-analyses of the effect of false-positive mammograms on generic and specific psychosocial outcomes. Psycho-Oncology. Download pdf Salz, T., Brewer, N. T., Smith, J. S., & Gottlieb, S. L. (2010). The association between cervical abnormalities and attitudes toward cervical health prevention. Journal of Women’s Health, 19(11), 2011-2016. Download pdf DeFrank, J. T. & Brewer, N. T. (2010). The background review for the USPSTF recommendation on screening for breast cancer. [Peer-reviewed letter] Annals of Internal Medicine, 152, 537-538. Download pdf Brewer, N. T. (2008). Eliminate the false positive. [Invited commentary] Medical Imaging Technology. Download pdf Brewer, N. T., Salz, T., & Lillie, S. E. (2007). The long-term effects of false-positive mammograms. [Letter] Annals of Internal Medicine, 147, 739-740. Download pdf Brewer, N. T., Salz, T., Lillie, S. E. (2007). Systematic Review: The long-term effects of false-positive mammograms. Annals of Internal Medicine, 146, 502-510. Download pdf Genomic test results With support of a five year grant from the American Cancer Society, I am examining how to communicate with women about new genomic tests that assess breast cancer recurrence risk. Brewer, N. T., Richman, A. R., DeFrank, J. T., Reyna, V. F., Carey, L. A. (in press). Improving communication of breast cancer recurrence risk. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 1791-99 Download pdf Salz, T. Brewer, N. T. (2011). Direct-to-consumer genomewide profiling. New England Journal of Medicine, 364, 2074-75. Download pdf Richman, A. R., Tzeng, J. P., Carey, L. A., Retel, V., & Brewer, N.T. (2011). Knowledge of genomic testing among early stage breast cancer patients. Psycho-Oncology, 20, 28-35. Download pdf Tzeng, J. P., Mayer, D., Richman, A. R., Lipkus, I., Han, P. K. J., Reitel, V., Valle, C., Carey, L. A., & Brewer, N. T. (2010). Women’s experiences with genomic testing for breast cancer recurrence risk. Cancer, 116, 1992-2000. Download pdf Brewer, N. T., Edwards, A., O’Neill, S. C., Tzeng, J. P., Peppercorn, J. M., & Rimer, B. K. (2009). When genomic and standard test results diverge: implications for breast cancer patients' preference for chemotherapy. Breast Cancer Research & Treatment, 117, 25-29. PMID: 18785002 Download pdf Brewer, N. T., Tzeng, J. P., Lillie, S. E., Edwards, A., Peppercorn, J. M., & Rimer, B. K. (2009). Health literacy and cancer risk perception: Implications for genomic risk communication. Medical Decision Making, 29, 157-166. Download pdf Lillie, S. E., Brewer, N. T., Rimer, B. K., O’Neill, S. C., Morrill, E. F., Dees, E. C., & Carey, L. A.. (2007). Retention and use of breast cancer recurrence risk information from genomic tests: The role of health literacy. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, 16, 249-255. Download pdf O’Neill, S. C., Brewer, N. T., Lillie, S. E., Morrill, E. F., Carey, L. A., Dees, E. C., & Rimer, B. K. (2007). Women’s interest in gene expression analysis for breast cancer recurrence risk. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 25, 4628-4634. Download pdf

HPV vaccination Articles on HPV vaccination are here. Gulf War veterans and symptom reports Soldiers who served in the Gulf War of 1990-91 have many unexplained symptoms. This research examines ways to understand these symptom reports. Brewer, N. T., Kipen, H. M., & Hallman, W. K. (2008). The symmetry rule: A seven year study of symptoms and explanatory labels among Gulf War veterans. Risk Analysis, 28, 1737-1748. Download pdf Brewer, N. T., Lillie, S.E., & Hallman, W. K. (2006). Why people believe they were exposed to biological or chemical warfare: A survey of Gulf War veterans. Risk Analysis, 26, 337-345. Download pdf Fiedler, N., Ozakinci, G., Hallman, W. K., Wartenberg, D., Brewer, N. T., & Kipen, H. M. (2006). Military deployment as a risk factor for psychiatric illness among U.S. troops. British Journal of Psychiatry, 188, 453-459. Download pdf Brewer, N. T., Hallman, W. K., Kipen, H. M, & Fiedler, N. (2004). Why do people report better health by phone than by mail? Medical Care, 42, 875-883. Download pdf Boyd, K. C., Hallman, W. K., Wartenberg, D., Fiedler, N., Brewer, N. T., & Kipen, H. M. (2003). Reported exposures, stressors, and life events among Gulf War registry veterans. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 45, 1247-1256. Download pdf Risk perception and vaccination decisions I study vaccination decisions as an example of health-related decisions that require careful deliberation and planning. These decisions are an ideal applied setting in which to study theories about risk perception. More articles on HPV vaccination are here. Reiter, P. L. & Brewer, N. T. (2011). Hepatitis B vaccination among a national sample of gay and bisexual men. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 38(3), 235-238. Download pdf Cates, J. R., Brewer, N. T., Fazekas, K. I., Mitchell, C. E., & Smith, J. S. (2009). Racial differences in HPV knowledge, HPV vaccine acceptability, and related beliefs among rural, Southern women. Journal of Rural Health, 25, 93-97. Download pdf Fazekas, K. I., Brewer, N. T., & Smith, J. S. (2008). HPV vaccine acceptability in a rural Southern area. Journal of Women’s Health, 17, 539-548. Download pdf Sperber, N. R., Brewer, N.T., and Smith, J. S. (2008). Influence of parent characteristics and disease outcome framing on HPV vaccine acceptability among rural, Southern women. Cancer Causes & Control, 19, 115-118. 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., Chapman, G. B., Gibbons, F. X., Gerard, M., McCaul, K. D., & Weinstein, N. D. (2007). 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., & Fazekas, K. I. (2007). Predictors of HPV vaccine acceptability: A theory-informed, systematic review. Preventive Medicine, 45, 107-114. 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 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 Other medical decision making Morrill, E.F., Brewer, N. T., O’Neill, S. C., Lillie, S. E., Dees, E. C., Carey, L. A, & Rimer, B. K. (2008). The interaction of posttraumatic growth and posttraumatic stress symptoms in predicting depressive symptoms and quality of life. Psycho-Oncology, 17, 948-953. Download pdf Brewer, N. T. & Rimer, B. K. (2008). Perspectives on theories of health behavior that focus on individuals. In K. Glanz, B. K. Rimer, & V. Viswanath (Eds.) Health Behavior and Health Education: Theory, Research and Practice. San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass. Download pdf Brewer, N. T. (2005). The impact of Internet use on health cognitions and behavior. In C. P. Haugtvedt, K. M. Machleit, & R. Yalch (Eds.) Online Consumer Psychology: Understanding and Influencing Consumer Behavior in the Virtual World. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. Download pdf Schwartz, J., Chapman, G. B., Brewer, N., & Bergus, G. R. (2004). The effects of accountability on bias in physician decision making: Going from bad to worse. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 11, 173-178. Download pdf Brewer, N. T. (2003). The relation of Internet searching to club drug knowledge and attitudes. Psychology & Health, 18, 387-401. Download pdf Brewer, N. T., Chapman, G. B., Brownlee, S., & Leventhal, E. (2002). Cholesterol control, medication adherence and illness cognition. British Journal of Health Psychology, 7, 433-447. Download pdf Chapman, G. B., Brewer, N. T., Coups, E. J, Brownlee, S., Leventhal, H., & Leventhal, E.A. (2001). Value for the future and preventive health behavior. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 7, 235-250. Download pdf

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