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This page has links for publications by Dr. Noel T. Brewer and the Health Cognition and Behavior Lab at the
UNC School of Public Health. You can
also request preprints for in-press and working papers. Preprint
requests ntb1xunc.edu (change x to @)
Brewer,
N. T., Chapman, G. B., Brownlee, S., & Leventhal, E. (2002). Cholesterol, adherence, and illness
cognition. British Journal of Health Psychology, 7, 433-447. 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., 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 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 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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Pubs
Frequently
cited Anchoring False positives Genomic
testing Gulf
War veterans Risk perception Symptom
reports Vaccination
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. (in press). Anchors aweigh: A demonstration of
cross-modality anchoring. Cognition. Download pdf Brewer,
N. T., Chapman, G. B., Schwartz, J., & Bergus, G. R. (in press). The
influence of irrelevant anchors on the judgments and choices of doctors and
patients. Medical Decision Making. Download pdf Brewer,
N. T., & Chapman, G.B. (2002). The
fragile basic anchoring effect. Journal
of Behavioral Decision Making, 15, 65-77. 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 False-positive
testing
We are conducting several studies of the effects of false
positive tests, including breast and cervical cancer screening. Brewer,
N. T., Salz, T., Lillie, S. E.
(2007). The long-term effects
of false-positive mammograms: A systematic review. Annals
of Internal Medicine, 146, 502-510.
Download pdf Brewer,
N. T., Salz, T., Lillie, S. E. (in
press). Breast cancer-specific
outcomes show long-term effects of false-positive mammograms. Annals
of Internal Medicine. [Letter] 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. 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.
Download pdf O’Neill,
S. C., Brewer, N. T., Rimer, B. K., Lillie, S. E., Morrill, E. F., Carey, L.
A.., & Dees, E. C. (2007). Patient
interest in gene expression analysis for breast cancer recurrence risk. Journal
of Clinical Oncology, 25, 4628-4634.
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Gulf War veterans and
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., Lillie, S.E., & Hallman, W. K.
(2006). Why people believe they were exposed to biological or chemical
warfare: Reports from 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. 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
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. 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., 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., & 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., & Fazekas, K. I.
(2007). Predictors of HPV vaccine
acceptability: A theory-informed systematic review. Preventive
Medicine, 45, 107-114. Download pdf 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, Soothern 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. Other medical decision
making 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. 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, 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 Morrill,
E.F., Brewer, N. T., O’Neill, S. C., Lillie, S. E., Dees, E. C., Carey, L. A,
& Rimer, B. K. (in press). The interaction of posttraumatic growth and
posttraumatic stress symptoms in predicting depressive symptoms and quality
of life. Psycho-Oncology. Download pdf Schwartz,
J., Chapman, G. B., Brewer, N., & Bergus, G. R. (2004). The effect of accountability
on physicians’ decisions: Going from bad to worse. Psychonomic
Bulletin & Review, 11, 173-178.
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Last updated July 14, 2008