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Office of Communications 2006 Annual Report



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Highlights: 2006 OC Achievements






Summary of 2006 OC Activities






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Publications

Finney Rutten, L.J.; Squiers, L.; and Hesse, B. Cancer-related information needs: Hints from the 2003 Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS). Journal of Health Communication, 11 (Supplement 1):147-156, 2006.

Finney Rutten, L.J.; Squiers, L.; and Hesse, B. Cancer-related information sought by the general public: Evidence from the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service, 2002-2003. Journal of Cancer Education, 2006 (accepted for publication).

Finney Rutten, L.J.; Squiers, L.B; and Treiman, K. Requests for information by family and friends of cancer patients calling the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service. Journal of Psycho-Oncology, 15:664-672, 2006.

Locke, J.; Rudd, R.E.; Doak, L.G.; Stableford, S.; Riffenburgh, A.; Baker, C.; Prokop, L; Farrell, M.M.; and Draff, J. Health Literacy: The Importance of Clear Communication for Better Health, AMWA Journal, 21(1):30-32, 2006.

Squiers, L.; Bright, M.A.; Finney Rutten, L.; Atienza, A.; Treiman, K.; Moser, R.; and Hesse, B. Awareness of the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service: Results from the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS). Journal of Health Communication, 11 (Supplement 1):117-133, 2006.

Tobias, J.; Chilukuri, R; Komatsoulis, G.A.; Mohanty, S.; Sioutos, N.; Warzel, D.B.; Wright, L.W.; and Crowley, R.S. The CAP cancer protocols - A case study of caCORE based data standards implementation to integrate with the cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caBIG™). BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 6(1):25, 2006.


The Journal of Health Communication is just one of the many journals in which OC staff were published during 2006.

Presentations

NCI Minority Media Outreach
Steering Committee of the Public Affairs Network
Bethesda, MD
January 2006

National Network of Tobacco Cessation Quitlines
Consumer Demand Roundtable Meeting
Washington, D.C.
February 2006

NCI Reporters Survey
Association of Health Care Journalists Annual Meeting
Houston, TX
March 2006

When Science Makes News: Media Tips for Clinical Trial Findings
SCORE Workshop (Site Coordinators' Opportunity for Research Excellence)
Bethesda, MD
March 2006

Theory at a Glance: Application to Health Promotion and Health Behavior (Second Edition): Reaching the Next Generation of Public Health Practitioners
Citation Paper
Society for Behavioral Medicine, Annual Meeting and Scientific Session
San Francisco, CA
March 2006

Addressing Health Disparities: NCI/CIS Resources at Work
10th Biennial Symposium on Minorities, the Medically Underserved and Cancer
Bethesda, MD
April 2006

Health Communication and Health Education Planning
CIS Partnership Program Training
Kansas City, MO
April 2006

NCI Cancer Information Research Program (Poster)
Intercultural Cancer Council 10th Biennial Symposium on Minorities, the Medically Underserved and Cancer
Washington D.C.
April 2006

NCI Cancer Information Service Research Program
Cancer Survivorship: Embracing the Future Third Biennial Cancer Survivorship Research Conference
Bethesda, MD
April 2006

Introduction to Logic Models
CIS Partnership Program Training
Miami, FL
May 2006

NCI Minority Media Outreach
Public Affairs Network Conference
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, CAN
May 2006

NCI Minority Media Outreach
NCI Advocacy Summit
Bethesda, MD
June 2006

NCI Cancer Information Service: A Key Outreach Component of the NCI
Director's Consumer Liaison Group Summit
Bethesda, MD
June 2006

Collaborative Research in Health Communications: The Cancer Information Service Model
UICC World Cancer Congress
Washington, D.C.
July 2006

Health Disparities Initiatives within OC
NCI Cancer Health Disparities Summit 2006
Bethesda, MD
July 2006

How to Start a Cancer Information Service
UICC World Cancer Congress
Washington, D.C.
July 2006

Addressing the Needs of Multilingual Information Seekers
11th World Congress on Internet in Medicine
Toronto, Ontario, CAN
October 2006

NCI Reporters Survey
American Public Health Association
Boston, MA
November 2006


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