Breast Cancer Survivor Stories
From 2003-2008, researchers at the HCRL captured on video the stories of 49 African-American breast cancer survivors and their family members. The result was 50 hours of poignant, informative and uplifting stories of survival. Personal stories are often the
most effective way to communicate about breast cancer, and Living Proof–the 22-minute video we produced using these stories–shows why. It offers a compelling demonstration of the power of narratives in cancer communication.
From the Director: more about survivor stories here
Quit-smoking messages and Food Stamps
All Missouri offices that administer the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), more commonly known as the food stamp program, now offer referrals to the Missouri Tobacco Quitline through a new partnership with the HCRL. We offered the managers of county food stamp offices a choice of referrals, messages and images to better reach smokers among the nearly 400,000 low-income families who receive benefits.
Read more or checkout the Research to Reality spotlight here.
Activities to Promote Research Collaboration - Videos
We created three videos to bring to life the best data and information about smoking in Missouri. In a randomized study of Missouri voters, watching these videos increased understanding of and support for tobacco control policies.
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Ozioma
The Ozioma News Service, the first news service about cancer for African-American newspapers, has generated hundreds of published news stories that have reached thousands of African-American readers. We found that adding local data to stories increased the likelihood of those stories being published. Then, we partnered with the American Cancer Society to hire people in the community to interview and photograph local people for our stories. The increased localization more than doubled the likelihood of publication. Now, we’re developing a new on-line tool to help journalists and communications specialists find and use up-to-date and reliable cancer data from hundreds of reliable sources around the nation.
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HCRL alumnae remember
Lorna Haughton McNeill, PhD, MPH
Wednesday April 24th, Lorna will be at Washington University's Brown School discussing Project CHURCH: African American participation in a research partnership.
Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Health Disparities Research, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Lorna works on research into promoting physical activity in minority communities using ecological momentary assessment.
Years at HCRL: 2000-2004
What it meant: “The HCRL was a place of innovation and creativity, a place where people were always buzzing about a new thought or idea about doing something to eliminate disparities.
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Latest News
Interviews with members of the HCRL are featured on the website Make Research Matter.
Interviews with members of the HCRL are featured on the website Make Research Matter, a site to help researchers increase the dissemination and implementation of their work. It was developed by researchers from the Cancer Communication Research Center and Washington University in St. Louis who were members of the Centers of Excellence in Cancer Communication (CECCR) Dissemination Research Interest Group (D-RIG).
Read more here.
HCRL in Jefferson City for 2-1-1.
February 11 was National 2-1-1 Day, and HCRL Director Matt Kreuter was one of several influential Missourians invited to the state capitol in Jefferson City to talk up United Way’s statewide 2-1-1 service.
Read more here.
Matt Kreuter is one of six faculty members interviewed for Washington magazine.
Matt Kreuter is one of six faculty members interviewed for Washington magazine’s February cover story: “Distilling Science, Making It Accessible.” The story about putting scientific research into practice cites the HCRL’s work developing messages about mammograms.
Read more here.
HCRL pioneers research into 2-1-1
The HCRL has pioneered research into the use of 2-1-1 help lines to address health issues among poor families. The results of that research — as well as other 2-1-1 related research — were published in a December 2012 Special Supplement to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine: Research Collaboration with 2-1-1 to Eliminate Health Disparities. The supplement, edited by HCRL Director Matt Kreuter and HCRL alum Kate Eddens, is now available on the National Cancer Institute Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences website.
Read more here.
2-1-1 systems used to conduct research on public health disparities
Brown School’s Health Communication Research Laboratory, and Dr. Matthew Kreuter play key role in first-of-its kind journal.
Read more here.
Kids & Cancer
The HCRL is proud to have played a role in
the
funding and creation of a new website, TellingKidsAboutCancer.com. The lab worked
with Linda Squiers, PhD, Senior Health Communication Scientist who headed the project
and Suzanne Dolina, MPH, Research Analyst
at
RTI International, to identify effective
communication strategies for sharing a cancer diagnosis
with children.
Read more here.
Grantees meeting of the Centers of Excellence in Cancer Communication Research (CECCR II) was held
October 8th - 10th at the University
of Wisconsin-Madison.
The HCRL is one of five NCI-funded centers in the United States.
Read more here.
The Institute for Public Health holds its annual conference October 9th.
The Institute for Public Health held its annual conference Oct. 9 at the Eric P. Newman Educational Center on the Washington University Medical campus. More than 500 people registered for the conference, setting a new attendance record. The HCRL was well represented by faculty and staff in six poster presentations:
Read more here.
HCRL & United Way's 2-1-1 featured in the STL Beacon
The HCRL’s Center for Excellence in Cancer Communication Research has developed relationships with the Missouri United Way 2-1-1 as well as 2-1-1 systems in other states that are hoping to use our program as a model.
Read the article here.