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HINTS:
hints.cancer.gov
HINTS collects nationally representative data routinely about the American public's use of cancer-related information. The survey:
- Provides updates on changing patterns, needs, and information opportunities in health
- Identifies changing communications trends and practices
- Assesses cancer information access and usage
- Provides information about how cancer risks are perceived
- Offers a testbed to researchers to test new theories in health communication
 Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion: http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10883.html
This book examines the body of knowledge that applies to the field of health literacy, and recommends actions to promote a health literate society. By examining the extent of limited health literacy and the ways to improve it, we can improve the health of individuals and populations.
Risk Communication Bibliography: http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/DECC/riskcommbib/
Searchable Literature Database
Updated: September 2003
Cancer Trends Progress Report: 2005 http://progressreport.cancer.gov
The Cancer Trends Progress Report: 2005 Update summarizes our nation’s progress against cancer in relation to the Healthy People 2010 targets developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Approximately one third of the report is devoted to tobacco use and policy information. First issued in 2001 as the Cancer Progress Report, the report is released every other year and was revised and expanded in late 2005, offering updated national trends data and a variety of new features. The information presented in this online report—intended for policy makers, researchers, clinicians, and public health service providers—was gathered through a collaborative effort with other key agencies and groups, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Cancer Society.
 Speaking of Health: Assessing Health Communication Strategies for Diverse Populations: http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10018.html?onpi_listserv071202
Speaking of Health looks at the challenges of delivering important messages to different audiences. Using case studies in the areas of diabetes, mammography, and mass communication campaigns, it examines the ways in which messages must be adapted to the unique informational needs of their audiences if they are to have any real impact. The book looks at basic theories of communication and behavior change and focuses on where they apply and where they don't. In an age where we are inundated by multiple messages every day, this book will be a critical tool for all who are interested in communicating with diverse communities about health issues.
 Wired for Health and Well-Being
A final report of the Science Panel on Interactive Communication and Health (SciPICH) intended
to accelerate the appropriate development, adoption, use, and evaluation of interactive health communication (IHC) applications.
 JNCI Monograph on Cancer Risk Communication
Subject to availability, Monographs can be ordered from Oxford University
Press at 1-800-852-7323 (toll free in the United States and Canada)
or 919-677-0977 (outside the United States and Canada).
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Efficacy of Interventions to Modify Dietary Behavior Related to Cancer Risk: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/dietsumm.htm
Impact of Cancer-Related Decision Aids AHRQ, July 2002: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/epcsums/caaidsum.htm
Consumer Research and Evaluation Projects:http://oc.nci.nih.gov/services/compendium.html
A compendium of technical reports and published articles.
Usablility.gov:http://www.usability.gov/
NCI's resource for designing usable, useful, and accessible Web sites and user interfaces.
Cancer Communications Update:http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/eocc/ccu.html
The Cancer Communications Update is a series of newsletters designed to help you stay ahead of the communications curve.
National Academies / Institute of Medicine
The National Academy Press (NAP) was created by the National Academies to publish the reports issued by the National Academy of
Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council, all operating under a charter granted by the United States Congress. NAP publishes over 200 books a year on a wide range of topics in science, engineering, and health, capturing the most authoritative views on important issues in science and health policy. The institutions
represented by NAP are unique in that they attract the nation's leading experts in every field to serve on their blue ribbon panels and committees.
http://nap.edu http://www.iom.edu
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