Other Research | Noel T. Brewer

Our other research examines medical testing, risk perceptions, decision making and other topics important to understanding health behavior.

Articles

Increasing vaccination: Putting psychological science into action. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 2017. Brewer, Chapman. PDF
Anticipated regret and health behavior: A meta-analysis. Health Psychology, 2016. Brewer, DeFrank, Gilkey. PDF
Meta-analysis of the relationship between risk perception and health behavior: The example of vaccination. Health Psychology, 2007. Brewer, Chapman, Weinstein. PDF

Anchors aweigh: A demonstration of cross-modality anchoring and magnitude priming. Cognition, 2008. Oppenheimer, LeBoeuf, Brewer. PDF
The influence of irrelevant anchors on the judgments and choices of doctors and patients. Medical Decision Making, 2007. Brewer, Chapman, Bergus. PDF
Contrast effects in judgments of health hazards. Journal of Social Psychology, 2003. Brewer, Chapman. PDF
The fragile basic anchoring effect. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 2002. Brewer, Chapman. PDF

Perceived financial barriers to cervical cancer screening and associated cost burden among low-income, under-screened women. Journal of Women’s Health. 2021. Biddell, Spees, Brewer, Wheeler. PDF
A decision aid to promote appropriate colorectal cancer screening among older adults: A randomized controlled trial. Medical Decision Making, 2018. Lewis, Barclay, Brewer, Golin. PDF
Design of a randomized clinical trial of a colorectal cancer screening decision aid to promote appropriate screening in community-dwelling older adults. Clinical Trials, 2017. Kistler, Golin, Morris, Brewer. PDF
Association between genomic recurrence risk and well-being among breast cancer patients. BMC Cancer, 2013. Retèl, Brewer, van Harten. PDF
Who gets genomic testing for breast cancer recurrence risk? Public Health Genomics, 2013. DeFrank, Salz, Brewer. PDF
Understanding how breast cancer patients use risk information from genomic tests. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 2013. DeFrank, Carey, Brewer. PDF
Direct-to-consumer genomewide profiling. New England Journal of Medicine, 2011. Salz, Brewer. PDF
Knowledge of genomic testing among early stage breast cancer patients. Psycho-Oncology, 2011. Richman, Tzeng, Brewer. PDF
Longitudinal predictors of nonadherence to maintenance of mammography. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention, 2010. Gierisch, Earp, Brewer, Rimer. PDF
Variation in use of surveillance colonoscopy among colorectal cancer survivors in the United States. BMC Health Services Research, 2010. Salz, Brewer, Sandler. PDF
Women’s experiences with genomic testing for breast cancer recurrence risk. Cancer, 2010. Tzeng, Richman, Valle, Brewer. PDF
Offering chemotherapy and hospice jointly: One solution to hospice underuse among lung cancer patients. Medical Decision Making, 2009. Salz, Brewer. PDF
Intentions to maintain adherence to mammography. Journal of Women’s Health, 2008. O’Neill, Brewer, Rimer. PDF
Assessing and increasing breast cancer screening. Preventive Medicine, 2008. Brewer, Reiter. PDF

Adult patients’ perspectives on the benefits and harms of overused screening tests: A qualitative study. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2015. Sutkowi-Hemstreet, Vu, Harris, Brewer. PDF
Clinicians’ perceptions of the benefits and harms of prostate and colorectal cancer screening. Medical Decision Making, 2015. Elstad, Earp, Brewer. PDF
The psychological harms of screening: The evidence we have vs. the evidence we need. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2015. DeFrank, Brewer, Harris. PDF
Have screening harms become newsworthy? News coverage of prostate and colorectal cancer screening since the 2008 USPSTF recommendation changes. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 2014. Elstad, Lee, Brewer. PDF
Some more evidence of long-term psychosocial harms from receiving false-positive screening mammography results. Evidence-Based Medicine, 2014. DeFrank, Brewer. PDF
The harms of screening: A proposed taxonomy and application to lung cancer screening. JAMA Internal Medicine, 2014. Harris, DeFrank, Brewer. PDF
Influence of false-positive mammography results on subsequent screening: do physician recommendations buffer negative effects? Journal of Medical Screening, 2012. DeFrank, Rimer, Brewer. PDF
False positive mammograms in Europe: Do they affect reattendance? Breast Cancer Research & Treatment, 2011. Salz, DeFrank, Brewer. PDF
A model of the influence of false-positive mammography screening results on subsequent screening. Health Psychology Review, 2010. DeFrank, Brewer. PDF
Meta-analyses of the effect of false-positive mammograms on generic and specific psychosocial outcomes. Psycho-Oncology, 2010. Salz, Richman, Brewer. PDF
The background review for the USPSTF recommendation on screening for breast cancer. Annals of Internal Medicine, 2010. DeFrank, Brewer. PDF
The long-term effects of false-positive mammograms. Annals of Internal Medicine, 2007. Brewer, Salz, Lillie. PDF
Systematic review: The long-term effects of false-positive mammograms. Annals of Internal Medicine, 2007. Brewer, Salz, Lillie. PDF

Development and validation of a genomic knowledge scale to advance informed decision making research in genomic sequencing. Medical Decision Making Policy & Practice, 2017. Langer, Brewer. PDF
Impact of genomic testing and patient-reported outcomes on receipt of adjuvant chemotherapy. Breast Cancer Research & Treatment, 2016. Evans, Brewer. PDF
When genomic and standard test results diverge: Implications for breast cancer patients’ preference for chemotherapy. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 2009. Brewer, Edwards, O’Neill, Tzeng, Rimer. PDF
Women’s interest in gene expression analysis for breast cancer recurrence risk. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2007. O’Neill, Brewer, Lillie, Morrill, Rimer. PDF
Retention and use of breast cancer recurrence risk information from genomic tests: The role of health literacy. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, 2007. Lillie, Brewer, O’Neill, Morrill, Rimer. PDF

Ways that mental health professionals can encourage COVID-19 vaccination. JAMA Psychiatry. 2021. Brewer, Abad. PDF
What works to increase vaccination uptake. Academic Pediatrics. 2021. Brewer. PDF
Announcing the Lancet Commission on Vaccine Refusal, Acceptance, and Demand in the USA. The Lancet. 2021. Hotez, Cooney, Benjamin, Brewer. PDF
Predictors of willingness to get a COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. BMC Public Health. 2021. Kelly, Southwell, McCormack, Brewer. PDF
Promoting COVID-19 vaccine acceptance: Recommendations from the Lancet commission on vaccine refusal, acceptance, and demand in the United States. The Lancet. 2021. Omer, Cooney, Benjamin, Brewer. PDF
A critical review of measures of childhood vaccine confidence. Current Opinion in Immunology. 2021. Shapiro, Kaufman, Brewer, Wiley. PDF
Uncoupling vaccination from politics: A call to action. The Lancet. 2021. Sharfstein, Callaghan, Carpiano, Brewer. PDF
UNC perceived message effectiveness: Validation of a brief scale. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 2019. Baig, Noar, Gottfredson, Brewer. PDF
Anticipated regret and health behavior: A meta-analysis. Health Psychology, 2016. Brewer, DeFrank, Gilkey. PDF
A comparative effectiveness trial of alternate formats for presenting benefits and harms information for three low-value preventive services. JAMA Internal Medicine, 2016. Sheridan, Brewer, Harris. PDF
Improving communication of breast cancer recurrence risk. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 2012. Brewer, Richman, DeFrank, Carey. PDF
Tables or bar graphs? Presenting test results in electronic medical records. Medical Decision Making, 2012. Brewer, Gilkey, Lillie, Sheridan. PDF
Health literacy and cancer risk perception: Implications for genomic risk communication. Medical Decision Making, 2009. Brewer, Tzeng, Lillie, Edwards, Rimer. PDF
Risk compensation and vaccination: Can getting vaccinated cause people to engage in risky behaviors? Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 2007. Brewer, Weinstein, Herrington. PDF
Meta-analysis of the relationship between risk perception and health behavior: The example of vaccination. Health Psychology, 2007. Brewer, Chapman, Weinstein. PDF
Subjective and objective risk as predictors of influenza vaccination during the vaccine shortage of 2004-2005. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2006. Brewer, Hallman. PDF
Risk perceptions and their relation to risk behavior. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 2004. Brewer, Weinstein, Herrington. PDF

The symmetry rule: A seven year study of symptoms and explanatory labels among Gulf War veterans. Risk Analysis, 2008. Brewer, Kipen, Hallman. PDF
Why people believe they were exposed to biological or chemical warfare: A survey of Gulf War veterans. Risk Analysis, 2006. Brewer, Lillie, Hallman. PDF
Military deployment as a risk factor for psychiatric illness among U.S. troops. British Journal of Psychiatry, 2006. PDF
Why do people report better health by phone than by mail? Medical Care, 2004. Brewer, Hallman, Fiedler. PDF
Reported exposures, stressors, and life events among Gulf War registry veterans. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2003. Boyd, Brewer, Kipen. PDF

HPV vaccine articles are on this page.
Increasing vaccination: Putting psychological science into action. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 2017. Brewer, Chapman. PDF
Risk compensation and vaccination: Can getting vaccinated cause people to engage in risky behaviors? Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 2007. Brewer, Weinstein, Herrington. PDF
Meta-analysis of the relationship between risk perception and health behavior: The example of vaccination. Health Psychology, 2007. Brewer, Chapman, Weinstein. PDF
Subjective and objective risk as predictors of influenza vaccination during the vaccine shortage of 2004-2005. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2006. Brewer, Hallman. PDF
Forgone vaccination during childhood and adolescence: Findings of a statewide survey of parents. Preventive Medicine, 2013. Gilkey, McRee, Brewer. PDF

Using telehealth to deliver primary care to adolescents during and after the Covid-19 pandemic: Findings from a national survey of primary care professionals. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2021. Gilkey, Kong, Huang, Brewer. [button style=”btn-link btn-sm” icon=”glyphicon glyphicon-download-alt” align=”left” type=”link” target=”true” title=”PDF” link=”https://noelbrewer.web.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/16987/2022/03/2021_Gilkey.pdf” linkrel=””]
Barriers and facilitators to achieving food security during the COVID-19 pandemic. Preventive Medicine Reports. 2021. Reimond, Grummon, Brewer, Hall. [button style=”btn-link btn-sm” icon=”glyphicon glyphicon-download-alt” align=”left” type=”link” target=”true” title=”PDF” link=”https://noelbrewer.web.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/16987/2022/03/2021_Reimond.pdf” linkrel=””]
Ten considerations for effectively managing the COVID-19 transition. Nature Human Behavior, 2020. Habersaat, Brewer. [button style=”btn-link btn-sm” icon=”glyphicon glyphicon-download-alt” align=”left” type=”link” target=”true” title=”PDF” link=”https://noelbrewer.web.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/16987/2022/02/2020_Habersaat.pdf” linkrel=””]
Health warnings and beverage purchase behavior: Mediators of impact. Annals of Behavior Medicine, 2020. Grummon, Brewer. [button style=”btn-link btn-sm” icon=”glyphicon glyphicon-download-alt” align=”left” type=”link” target=”true” title=”PDF” link=”https://noelbrewer.web.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/16987/2022/02/2020_Grummon.pdf” linkrel=””]
Health warnings on sugar-sweetened beverages: Stimulation of impacts on diet and obesity among U.S. adults. American of Preventive Medicine, 2019. Grummon, Brewer. PDF
How should sugar-sweetened beverage health warnings be designed? A randomized experiment. Preventive Medicine, 2019. Grummon, Hall, Taillie, Brewer. PDF
Sugar-sweetened beverage health warnings and purchases: A randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2019. Grummon, Taillie, Golden, Hall, Ranney, Brewer. PDF
Mediation, moderation, and context: Understanding complex relations among cognition, affect, and health behaviour. Psychology & Health, 2018. Kiviniemi, Ellis, Hall, Moss, Lillie, Brewer, Klein. PDF
Building better boxes for theories of health behavior: A comment on Williams and Rhodes. Health Psychology Review, 2016. Brewer. PDF
Time preferences and HIV treatment outcomes. PLOS One, 2016. Thirumurthy, Hayashi, Brewer. PDF
Comparing theories of health behavior using data from longitudinal studies: A comment on Gerend and Shepherd. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 2012. Brewer, Gilkey. PDF
Standard definitions of adherence for infrequent yet repeated health behaviors. American Journal of Health Behavior, 2010. Gierisch, Reiter, Rimer, Brewer. PDF
The interaction of posttraumatic growth and posttraumatic stress symptoms in predicting depressive symptoms and quality of life. Psycho-Oncology, 2008. Morrill, Brewer, O’Neill, Lillie, Rimer. PDF
The effects of accountability on bias in physician decision making: Going from bad to worse. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 2004. Schwartz, Brewer, Bergus. PDF
The relation of Internet searching to club drug knowledge and attitudes. Psychology & Health, 2003. Brewer. PDF
Cholesterol control, medication adherence and illness cognition. British Journal of Health Psychology, 2002. Brewer, Chapman, Leventhal. PDF
Value for the future and preventive health behavior. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 2001. Chapman, Brewer, Leventhal. PDF