Brief 22: Trust and Use of Media for Health Information among U.S. Hispanics
 It has been well documented that some population segments—particularly those with lower socioeconomic status—experience knowledge gaps related to their health and their health care and often have difficulty accessing and using information that could help to reduce and prevent an unequal burden of disease. This may be especially relevant for Hispanic populations living in the United States because of well-established language, cultural, and media use challenges.
July 2012 |
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Brief 21: Health Behaviors in Cancer Survivors
 Significant progress in cancer diagnosis and treatment since the 1950s has led to a growing population of cancer survivors.
March 2012 |
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Brief 20: Awareness of Clinical Trials and Attitudes About the Use of Personal Medical Information for Research
 Clinical trials, which are health-related or biomedical research studies, are conducted to develop or test new medical treatments and medications. Clinical trials may benefit individual volunteers by providing access to new treatments before they are available outside of trials. Clinical trials also serve the overall population by evaluating the safety and efficacy of medical treatments, which may lead to improved treatment options in the future. In addition to research that involves direct treatment of patients in a clinical setting, other medical research involves the analysis of existing medical records and clinical data to assess the effectiveness of various treatment methods and patient care approaches.
October 2011 |
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Brief 19: U.S. Social Media Use and Health Communication
 Surveys routinely find that more than two-thirds of U.S. adults use the Internet, and about 60 percent of those online say they use the Internet to look for health or medical information. Although studies continue to show that ethnic minorities and those who are older, less educated, and less healthy are more likely to be non-Internet users, a more nuanced picture of this “digital divide” is beginning to emerge, particularly with the advent of social media and mobile technologies.
August 2011 |
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Brief 18: Implementation of HINTS in Puerto Rico
 In 2009, a demonstration project was conducted in Puerto Rico using existing Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) infrastructure to assess the feasibility of adapting the national HINTS survey to a local setting to facilitate local data collection and cancer control planning.
April 2011 |
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Brief 17: Smokers' Attitudes Toward Potential "Reduced-Exposure" Tobacco Products (PREPs)
 The tobacco industry has in recent years introduced a proliferation of potential reduced-exposure tobacco products (PREPs), marketing such products as alternatives to conventional cigarettes and sometimes claiming they are less harmful or less addictive.
Nov 2010 |
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Brief 16: Trends in Cancer Information Seeking
 The past few decades have witnessed dramatic changes in the health communication and informatics environment.
Aug 2010 |
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Brief 15: Organizations Collaborate to Focus on Prevention Messages
 When it comes to cancer prevention, more information does not necessarily mean greater clarity. Organizations collaborate to focus on prevention messages.
May 2010 |
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Brief 14: Social Context Influences Interpersonal Health Communication
 Studies have shown that a person’s social context can affect health communication access and usage, which, in turn, can affect health behaviors and outcomes, such as smoking, cancer screening, and disease.
Nov 2009 |
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Brief 13: Americans Often Misunderstand the Extent to Which Colon, Skin, and Lung Cancers are Treatable and Beatable
 "State-of-the-science" evidence in cancer refers to consensus among researchers and specialists regarding the most effective ways to prevent, screen for, and treat the disease, as well as rates of survival among those diagnosed.
Aug 2009 |
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Brief 12: Hispanics Less Likely to Seek Cancer Information than Non-Hispanics
 Differences in cancer information seeking and information access have the potential to shape health knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and medical decisions, and may contribute to disparities in health outcomes among disadvantaged populations.
Jan 2009 |
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Brief 11: Knowledge of Tobacco-Related Cancers: Understanding the association of tobacco consumption and perceived cancer risk
 Over the past several decades, significant progress has been made in reducing overall smoking rates and tobacco-related diseases. Despite these successes, there remain demographic and geographic disparities in smoking prevalence, tobacco-related health outcomes, and knowledge about lung cancer risk factors and mortality.
Oct 2008 |
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Brief 10: Information Support for Cancer Survivors: Cancer information seeking behaviors
 Many people who have been touched by cancer actively use available resources (e.g., the Internet, health care providers, newspapers, brochures, and magazines) to seek information about the disease.
June 2008 |
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Brief 9: Confusion about Cancer Prevention: Association with behavior
 Because many cancers can be prevented through individual action and lifestyle (e.g., not smoking, eating a healthy diet, exercising, and wearing sunscreen), public understanding of cancer prevention is critical to cancer control.
Jan 2008 |
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Brief 8: On-line Communication with Health Care Providers: eHealth behaviors and trends
 An emerging concept known as "eHealth" seeks to capitalize on the promise of new media technologies to facilitate equal access to timely and credible health information.
Nov 2007 |
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Brief 7: Health Communication: Considerations for Developing Effective Health Communication Strategies
 Effective health communication strategies are increasingly recognized as integral to improving population health.
Aug 2007 |
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Brief 6: Sun Safety: Perceptions and Awareness
 Only a minority of Americans regularly practice sun safety
May 2007 |
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Brief 5: Knowledge and Awareness of Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
 In 2005, 61 percent of American women had never heard of HPV.
March 2007 |
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Brief 4: Physical Activity: Cancer Risk Perceptions and Group Differences in Behavior
 The majority of Americans believes that physical activity plays a role in preventing cancer
December 2006 |
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Brief 3: Cancer Screening: Breast, cervix, and colorectal
 Most Americans Are Aware of Cancer Screening Tests. Knowing age and frequency recommendations remains a challenge.
Aug 2006 |
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Brief 2: Cancer Knowledge: Understanding Cancer Risk and Reducing Cancer Risk
 More than 64% of Americans believe that lifestyle and behavior influence cancer risk.
Mar 2006 |
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Brief 1: Cancer Information Seeking Behaviors
 Almost half of all Americans have sought out information on the disease and its causes, prevention, and treatment.
Dec 2005 |
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