Welcome/Introductions
Richard Moser, Ph.D.
Research Psychologist, Behavioral Research Program,
National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Opening Remarks: Goals and Recommendations From the 2005 HINTS Data Users Meeting
Gary Kreps, Ph.D.
Professor, George Mason University (GMU)

Keynote Address: Creating a National Evidence Base for Health Communication &: Informatics
Bradford Hesse, Ph.D
Acting Branch Chief
Health Communications and Informatics Research Branch
National Cancer Institute

Paper Session #1- Information Seeking
Discussant: Kevin McCaul, Ph.D.
North Dakota State University
Cancer Information Seeking: Some Top Seeking: Some Top-of-the-Head Observations

• Neeraj Arora, Ph.D., NCI
  Searching for Cancer-Related Information: How Does the American Public Rate Its Experience?
• Kristi Martin, M.A., NCI
  Who's Behind the Screen and What Are They Looking For? Triangulating Data From Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS), American Customer Satisfaction Index, and Forrester's Consumer Omnibus Survey To Understand Online Cancer Information Seekers
• Jeff Niederdeppe, M.A., University of Pennsylvania
  Cancer-Related News Coverage and Information Seeking: Results From a National Survey
• Whitney Randolph Steele, Ph.D., M.P.H., NCI
  Information Seeking Experiences of Cancer Survivors: Frustrated or Satisfied?
• Linda Squiers, Ph.D., NCI
  Awareness of National Cancer Information Resources

Paper Session #2 - Special Populations
Discussant: K. Vish Viswanath, Ph.D.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Harvard University

• Bryce Reeve, Ph.D., NCI
  Evaluating Measurement Equivalence Between Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Responders to the English Form of the HINTS Information Seeking Experience (ISEE) Scale
• Chih-Hung Chang, Ph.D., Northwestern University
  Differential Item Functioning of the English and Spanish Administered HINTS Psychological Distress Scale
• Nancy Breen, Ph.D., NCI
  Does Unequal Income Translate Into Unequal Knowledge? The Knowledge Gap and Cancer Health Disparities, a Preliminary Study
• Bessie Rigakos, Wayne State University
  Fatalistic Beliefs and Disparities in Cancer Prevention Behaviors
• Sally Vernon, Ph.D., M.A., University of Texas-Houston
  Gender Differences in the Prevalence and Correlates of Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests in Average-Risk Adults Aged 50 and Over in the HINTS, 2002-2003

Paper Session #3 - Health Communication/Media
Discussant: Robert Hornik, Ph.D.
The Annenberg School for Communication
University of Pennsylvania

• Erwin Bettinghaus, Ph.D., The Cooper Institute
  Media Influences on Cancer Risk Perceptions
• Andrea Gurmankin, Ph.D., Harvard School of Public Health
  The Impact of Overload of Cancer Risk Information on Attention to Information and Cancer Risk
• Linda Kimmel, Ph.D., Northwestern University
  Personal Health Schema and Cancer Testing Behaviors
• Minsun Shim, M.A. & Bridget Kelly, M.P.H, University of Pennsylvania
  Cancer Scanning and Seeking Behavior Is Associated With Knowledge, Lifestyle Choices, and Screening
• Jennifer Petrelli, M.P.H., NCI
  5 A Day Behavior and Knowledge of Recommendations in Relation to Health Communication in the HINTS

Paper session #4 - Risk/Methods
Discussant: David Nelson, M.D., M.P.H.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Richard Moser, Ph.D., NCI
  Risk and Worry as Predictors of Cancer Screening Behavior: Results Using HINTS Data
• Jennifer Hay, Ph.D., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
  Covariates of Colon Cancer Risk Perception
• Paul Han, M.P.H., M.D., NCI
  Perceived Uncertainty About Cancer Prevention Recommendations: Relationship to Perceptions of Cancer Preventability and of Cancer Risk and Worry
• Michael Massagli, Ph.D., Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  What Does "No Opinion" Mean in the HINTS?
• Stephen Marcus, Ph.D., NCI
  Potential Reduced Exposure Products: Prevalence and Correlates of Use

Roundtable Discussion/Wrap-up
Moderator: Gary Kreps, Ph.D., GMU