The purpose of the University of Michigan Center of Excellence in Cancer Communications Research (CECCR) is to develop an efficient, theory-driven model for generating tailored health behavior interventions that is generalizable across health behaviors and socio-demographic populations.

breast cancer, cancer prevention, nutrition, fruit, vegetables, diet, tobacco, smoking cessation, decision aid, tailoring, Internet, web, email, print

The CECCR supports three main Research Projects to:

1. Facilitate smoking cessation (PI: Victor Strecher, PhD, MPH)
2. Promote fruit and vegetable intake among African Americans (PI: Kenneth Resnicow, PhD)
3. Develop a decision aid to help women decide whether to undergo tamoxifen or raloxifene prophylaxis for breast cancer prevention (PI: Peter Ubel, MD)
   

The Center also supports Developmental Projects that contribute to the methodological knowledge relevant to enhancing intervention delivery and data collection in the Research Projects.

• Design of Effective Web Data Collection for Cancer Prevention Studies (THeME Non-responders). PI: Mick P. Couper, PhD
• Experimentation and Analysis Strategies for Time-Varying Treatment Components in Cancer Prevention (Forever Free). PI: Susan A. Murphy, PhD
• Automated Step-Count Feedback to Promote Physical Activity in Chronic Disease (Stepping Up to Health Pilot). PI: Caroline R. Richardson, MD
• Understanding information scatter on the Internet (Web Scatter) PI: Suresh K. Bhavnani, PhD
• Stepping Up to Health: Expanding the Reach. PI: Caroline R. Richardson, MD
• Cancer Screening Adherence through Technology-Enhanced Shared Decision Making (CSATS). PI: Masahito Jimbo, MD, PhD, MPH
• Development of a Preference-Tailored Intervention for Increasing Colorectal Cancer Screening (Decider Guider). PI: Sarah T. Hawley, PhD, MPH
• fMRI Study of High vs. Low Tailored Smoking Cessation Messages. PI: Hannah Faye Chua, PhD
• MPOWERed Messages: Using Tailored Text Messages to Impact Weight Loss among Obese Adolescents (MPOWERed). PI: Susan J. Woolford, MD, MPH
• Improving Risk Communication through Tailored Testimonials. PI: Amanda Dillard, PhD
• Development of an Interactive Website to Provide Tailored Education and Risk Communication to Women at High Risk of Breast Cancer. PI: J. Scott Roberts, PhD
• Eye movements of Testimonials. PI: Hannah Faye Chua, PhD
• Tailored Diabetes Intervention for Hispanics. PI: Rachel E. Davis, MPH

The Center collaborates with NCI's Cancer Research Network (CRN) and four of its members:

• Group Health Cooperative in Seattle (GHC)
• Henry Ford Health System in Detroit (HFHS)
• HealthPartners in Minneapolis (HP)
• Kaiser Permanente Georgia in Atlanta (KPG)

The main 3 interventions that are developed for this grant are offered to patient members of these organizations.

All CHCR research is supported by a set of Core Resources:

• Administration
• Biostatistics & Measurement
• Tailoring Technology

Career Development opportunities include:

• Pre- and post-doctoral fellowships
• Masters level student internships
• Monthly cancer communication seminars
• Week-long tailoring training institute

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