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List of works by Brian J Zikmund-Fisher

"If I'm better than average, then I'm ok?": Comparative information influences beliefs about risk and benefits

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'I'll do what they did": social norm information and cancer treatment decisions

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A Call for Explainer/Tutorial Articles and Changes to Manuscript Submission and Review at MDM and MDM P&P

scientific article published on 01 October 2020

A Call for Explainer/Tutorial Articles and Changes to Manuscript Submission and Review at MDM and MDM P&P

scientific article published on 01 July 2020

A Web-Based Decision Tool to Improve Contraceptive Counseling for Women With Chronic Medical Conditions: Protocol For a Mixed Methods Implementation Study (Preprint)

A Web-Based Decision Tool to Improve Contraceptive Counseling for Women With Chronic Medical Conditions: Protocol For a Mixed Methods Implementation Study.

scientific article published on 18 April 2018

A conjoint analysis of stated vaccine preferences in Shanghai, China

scientific article published on 09 December 2019

A demonstration of ''less can be more'' in risk graphics

scientific article published on 7 April 2010

A matter of perspective: choosing for others differs from choosing for yourself in making treatment decisions

scientific article published in June 2006

All stories are not alike: a purpose-, content-, and valence-based taxonomy of patient narratives in decision aids

scientific article published on 11 October 2012

Alternate methods of framing information about medication side effects: incremental risk versus total risk of occurrence

scientific article published in March 2008

Alternative option labeling impacts decision-making in noninvasive prenatal screening

scientific article published on 03 December 2019

An online community improves adherence in an internet-mediated walking program. Part 1: results of a randomized controlled trial

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Animated graphics for comparing two risks: a cautionary tale

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Animated randomness, avatars, movement, and personalization in risk graphics

scientific article published on 18 March 2014

Anticipating the arrival of low-penetrance genetic testing to primary care medicine

scientific article published on 12 February 2013

Appropriate Prescribing for Patients With Diabetes at High Risk for Hypoglycemia: National Survey of Veterans Affairs Health Care Professionals

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Assessment of Patient Nondisclosures to Clinicians of Experiencing Imminent Threats

scientific article published on 02 August 2019

Associations between health literacy and preventive health behaviors among older adults: findings from the health and retirement study

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Associations between self-referral and health behavior responses to genetic risk information

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Blocks, ovals, or people? Icon type affects risk perceptions and recall of pictographs

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Breast cancer anxiety's associations with responses to a chemoprevention decision aid

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Can a moral reasoning exercise improve response quality to surveys of healthcare priorities?

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Can patients use test results effectively if they have direct access?

scientific article published in the British Medical Journal

Can the vaccine adverse event reporting system be used to increase vaccine acceptance and trust?

scientific article published on 2 April 2016

Clinicians' Perceptions of Barriers to Avoiding Inappropriate Imaging for Low Back Pain-Knowing Is Not Enough

scientific article published on 17 October 2016

Communicating infectious disease prevalence through graphics: Results from an international survey

scientific article published on 02 June 2017

Communicating laboratory results to patients and families

Communicating side effect risks in a tamoxifen prophylaxis decision aid: the debiasing influence of pictographs

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Communication of Recurrence Risk Estimates to Patients Diagnosed With Breast Cancer

scientific article published on 18 February 2016

Communication of Scientific Uncertainty about a Novel Pandemic Health Threat: Ambiguity Aversion and Its Mechanisms.

scientific article published on 12 April 2018

Considering adaptation in preference elicitations

scientific article published on 01 May 2008

Continued use of 1-in-X Risk communications is a systemic problem

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Cool but counterproductive: interactive, Web-based risk communications can backfire

scientific article published on 25 August 2011

Could Physician Use of Realistic Previews Increase Treatment Adherence and Patient Satisfaction?

Cross-Sectional Psychological and Demographic Associations of Zika Knowledge and Conspiracy Beliefs Before and After Local Zika Transmission

scientific article published on 09 July 2019

Cure Me Even If It Kills Me: Preferences for Invasive Cancer Treatment

scientific article published on 01 November 2005

De-escalation after repeated negative feedback: emergent expectations of failure

Debiasing affective forecasting errors with targeted, but not representative, experience narratives

scientific article published on 11 April 2016

Decision-making processes for breast, colorectal, and prostate cancer screening: the DECISIONS survey

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Deficits and variations in patients' experience with making 9 common medical decisions: the DECISIONS survey

scientific article published in September 2010

Deliberative Prescription Opioid Misuse Among Adolescents and Emerging Adults: Opportunities for Targeted Interventions

Development of the Medical Maximizer-Minimizer Scale.

scientific article published on 12 September 2016

Discussion of Average versus Extreme Case Severity in Pandemic Risk Communications

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Disparities in patient reports of communications to inform decision making in the DECISIONS survey

scientific article published on 3 September 2011

Does labeling prenatal screening test results as negative or positive affect a woman's responses?

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E-hail (Rideshare) Knowledge, Use, Reliance, and Future Expectations among Older Adults.

scientific article published on 10 April 2018

Effect of Harm Anchors in Visual Displays of Test Results on Patient Perceptions of Urgency About Near-Normal Values: Experimental Study

scientific article published on 26 March 2018

Effect of Harm Anchors in Visual Displays of Test Results on Patient Perceptions of Urgency About Near-Normal Values: Experimental Study

Effect of a Scenario-Tailored Opioid Messaging Program on Parents' Risk Perceptions and Opioid Decision-Making.

scientific article published on 10 November 2017

Effect of various risk/benefit trade-offs on parents' understanding of a pediatric research study

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Effects of Influenza Strain Label on Worry and Behavioral Intentions.

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Eliciting Medical Maximizing-Minimizing Preferences with a Single Question: Development and Validation of the MM1

scientific article published on 10 June 2020

Engaging Patients in Decisions About Cancer Screening: Exploring the Decision Journey Through the Use of a Patient Portal

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Family History Collection Practices: National Survey of Pediatric Primary Care Providers.

scientific article published in October 2017

First Things First: Difficulty with Current Medications Is Associated With Patient Willingness to Add New Ones

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Fontan-associated protein-losing enteropathy and plastic bronchitis

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Framing optional genetic testing in the context of mandatory newborn screening tests

scientific article published on 27 June 2015

Graphics help patients distinguish between urgent and non-urgent deviations in laboratory test results

scientific article published on 30 December 2016

Helping People Know Whether Measurements Have Good or Bad Implications: Increasing the Evaluability of Health and Science Data Communications

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Helping patients decide: ten steps to better risk communication

scientific article published on 19 September 2011

How does feeling informed relate to being informed? The DECISIONS survey

scientific article published in September 2010

How making a risk estimate can change the feel of that risk: shifting attitudes toward breast cancer risk in a general public survey

scientific article published in June 2005

Improving the Understanding of Test Results by Substituting (Not Adding) Goal Ranges: Web-Based Between-Subjects Experiment

Improving the Understanding of Test Results by Substituting (Not Adding) Goal Ranges: Web-Based Between-Subjects Experiment (Preprint)

Improving understanding of adjuvant therapy options by using simpler risk graphics

scientific article published on December 2008

Influence of "GERD" label on parents' decision to medicate infants

scientific article published on April 2013

Informed choice about breast cancer prevention: randomized controlled trial of an online decision aid intervention

scientific article published on January 2013

Is This Good or Bad?

Knowledge of blood pressure targets among patients with diabetes

scientific article published on 31 October 2007

Management of eosinophilic esophagitis is often discordant with guidelines and not patient-centered: results of a survey of gastroenterologists

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Measuring numeracy without a math test: development of the Subjective Numeracy Scale

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Medical Maximizing-Minimizing Predicts Patient Preferences for High- and Low-Benefit Care

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Medical Maximizing-Minimizing Preferences Predict Responses to Information about Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening

scientific article published on 19 June 2018

More risks can feel less risky

scientific article published on 01 November 2017

Mortality versus survival graphs: Improving temporal consistency in perceptions of treatment effectiveness

scientific article published on 29 November 2006

Narratives that address affective forecasting errors reduce perceived barriers to colorectal cancer screening

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Next-generation sequencing in precision oncology: Patient understanding and expectations

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Non-invasive prenatal screening for trisomy 21: Consumers' perspectives

scientific article published on 09 November 2015

Numeracy and literacy independently predict patients' ability to identify out-of-range test results

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Older Patient Experiences in the Mammography Decision-Making Process

scientific article published on 01 January 2012

On the Usefulness of Narratives: An Interdisciplinary Review and Theoretical Model.

scientific article published in April 2018

One-Sided Social Media Comments Influenced Opinions And Intentions About Home Birth: An Experimental Study

scientific article published on April 2016

Opioid-related adverse drug events: do parents recognize the signals?

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Parent and caregiver perceptions about the safety and effectiveness of foreign and domestic vaccines in Shanghai, China.

scientific article published on 21 May 2018

Parental weighting of seizure risks vs. fever risks in vaccination tradeoff decisions

scientific article published on 3 November 2016

Parents' Analgesic Trade-Off Dilemmas: How Analgesic Knowledge Influences Their Decisions to Give Opioids

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Parents' Perspectives on How to Improve the Childhood Vaccination Process

scientific article published on 8 May 2016

Parents' choices and rationales for alternative vaccination schedules: a qualitative study.

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Parents' concerns about vaccine scheduling in Shanghai, China.

scientific article published on 4 July 2017

Parents' preferences strongly influence their decisions to withhold prescribed opioids when faced with analgesic trade-off dilemmas for children: a prospective observational study

scientific article published on 11 May 2015

Partisan Vision Biases Determination of Voter Intent

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Patient compliance and suboptimal bowel preparation with split-dose bowel regimen in average-risk screening colonoscopy

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Patient decision making about organ quality in liver transplantation

scientific article published on December 2011

Patient-provider concordance in the prioritization of health conditions among hypertensive diabetes patients

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Patients Are Willing to Repeat Colonoscopy at a Short Interval When Bowel Preparation Quality Is Suboptimal

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Patients' knowledge about 9 common health conditions: the DECISIONS survey

scientific article published on September 2010

Perceived Barriers to Implementing Individual Choosing Wisely® Recommendations in Two National Surveys of Primary Care Providers

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Perceived risk of cancer and patient reports of participation in decisions about screening: the DECISIONS study

scientific article published on September 2010

Perceptions of measles, pneumonia, and meningitis vaccines among caregivers in Shanghai, China, and the health belief model: a cross-sectional study

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Physical Activity Advertisements That Feature Daily Well-Being Improve Autonomy and Body Image in Overweight Women but Not Men

scientific article published on June 4, 2012

Physician Experiences and Understanding of Genomic Sequencing in Oncology.

scientific article published on 24 August 2017

Physicians recommend different treatments for patients than they would choose for themselves

scientific article published on April 2011

Planning for a Nondriving Future: Behaviors and Beliefs Among Middle-Aged and Older Drivers

Plans to stop cancer screening tests among adults who recently considered screening

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Presentation of Benefits and Harms in US Cancer Screening and Prevention Guidelines: Systematic Review

scientific article published on 24 February 2016

Presenting quantitative information about decision outcomes: a risk communication primer for patient decision aid developers

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Presenting research risks and benefits to parents: does format matter?

scientific article published on 4 August 2010

Primary Care Providers' Initial Evaluation of Children with Global Developmental Delay: A Clinical Vignette Study

scientific article published on 14 October 2015

Primary Care Providers' Preferences and Concerns Regarding Specific Visual Displays for Returning Hemoglobin A1c Test Results to Patients

scientific article published on 26 September 2019

Prior Vaccination and Effectiveness of Communication Strategies Used to Describe Infectious Diseases

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Prostate Cancer Screening Decisions

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Provider perspectives on presenting risk information and managing worry about recurrence among breast cancer survivors

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Race, ethnicity, and shared decision making for hyperlipidemia and hypertension treatment: the DECISIONS survey

scientific article published on September 2010

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Tests Awareness in HINTS 2007: Sociodemographic and Numeracy Correlates

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Response to Letter Written by Shelly Cummings, MS, CGC of Myriad Genetics Laboratories, Inc. Regarding the Paper, “Racial and Ethnic Differences in Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Tests Awareness in HINTS 2007: Sociodemographic and Numeracy Correlates.?

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Results from a randomized trial of a web-based, tailored decision aid for women at high risk for breast cancer

scientific article published on 8 February 2013

Risk Communication, Values Clarification, and Vaccination Decisions.

scientific article published on 20 May 2015

Risk estimates from an online risk calculator are more believable and recalled better when expressed as integers

scientific article published on 7 September 2011

Risky feelings: why a 6% risk of cancer does not always feel like 6%

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Social media methods for studying rare diseases

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Standardizing return of participant results

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Stories of MDM: from a conversation to a career of making less data more useful

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Surgeons' knowledge and practices regarding the role of radiation therapy in breast cancer management

scientific article published on 22 October 2013

Testing whether decision aids introduce cognitive biases: results of a randomized trial

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The Accuracy of Predicting Parity as a Prerequisite for Cesarean Delivery on Maternal Request

The DECISIONS study: a nationwide survey of United States adults regarding 9 common medical decisions

scientific article published on 14 April 2010

The Effect of Text Versus Video Presentations of Patient Narratives in a Web-based Patient Decision Aid

The benefits of discussing adjuvant therapies one at a time instead of all at once

scientific article published on 14 October 2010

The defining characteristics of Web 2.0 and their potential influence in the online vaccination debate

scientific article published on December 15, 2011

The demographics of vaccine hesitancy in Shanghai, China

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

The distinct role of comparative risk perceptions in a breast cancer prevention program

scientific article published on October 2011

The effect of format on parents' understanding of the risks and benefits of clinical research: a comparison between text, tables, and graphics

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The effect of information presentation on beliefs about the benefits of elective percutaneous coronary intervention

scientific article published on October 2014

The effect of misunderstanding the chemical properties of environmental contaminants on exposure beliefs: a case involving dioxins

scientific article published on 5 February 2013

The effect of patient narratives on information search in a web-based breast cancer decision aid: an eye-tracking study

scientific article published on 17 December 2013

The effects of process-focused versus experience-focused narratives in a breast cancer treatment decision task

scientific article published on 17 August 2013

The impact of considering adaptation in health state valuation

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The impact of doctor-patient communication on patients' perceptions of their risk of breast cancer recurrence

scientific article published on 9 December 2016

The impact of numeracy on verbatim knowledge of the longitudinal risk for prostate cancer recurrence following radiation therapy

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The impact of the format of graphical presentation on health-related knowledge and treatment choices

scientific article published on 27 August 2008

The importance of age in allocating health care resources: does intervention-type matter?

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The potential impact of decision role and patient age on end-of-life treatment decision making

scientific article published in May 2008

The psychology of 'regrettable substitutions': Examining consumer judgements of Bisphenol A and its alternatives

scientific article published on 7 November 2014

The relationship between illness representations, risk perception and fear of cancer recurrence in breast cancer survivors

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The right tool is what they need, not what we have: a taxonomy of appropriate levels of precision in patient risk communication.

scientific article published on 6 September 2012

The role of perceived benefits and costs in patients' medical decisions

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The role of severity perceptions and beliefs in natural infections in Shanghai parents' vaccine decision-making: a qualitative study.

scientific article published on 28 June 2018

The role of the affect heuristic and cancer anxiety in responding to negative information about medical tests

scientific article published on 23 May 2017

Time to Retire the 1-in-X Risk Format

scientific article published on 01 September 2011

Trends in risk perceptions and vaccination intentions: a longitudinal study of the first year of the H1N1 pandemic

scientific article published on 16 February 2012

Trust in deliberation: The consequences of deliberative decision strategies for medical decisions

scientific article published on 6 April 2015

Understanding the Role of Message Frames on African-American Willingness to Participate in a Hypothetical Diabetes Prevention Study

scientific article published on 27 July 2017

Use of the Internet and Ratings of Information Sources for Medical Decisions: Results from the DECISIONS Survey

scientific article published on 01 September 2010

Validation of the Subjective Numeracy Scale: effects of low numeracy on comprehension of risk communications and utility elicitations

scientific article published on 24 July 2007

What Factors Influence Women's Perceptions of their Systemic Recurrence Risk after Breast Cancer Treatment?

scientific article published on August 2017

What Helps People Make Values-Congruent Medical Decisions? Eleven Strategies Tested across 6 Studies

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

What Is the Story with Narratives? How Using Narratives in Journalism Changes Health Behavior.

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What is a good medical decision? A research agenda guided by perspectives from multiple stakeholders

scientific article published on 26 August 2016

What's Time Got to Do with It? Inattention to Duration in Interpretation of Survival Graphs

scientific article published on 01 June 2005

When "Actionable" Genomic Sequencing Results Cannot Be Acted Upon.

scientific article published on 22 September 2016

Why People Refuse to Make Tradeoffs in Person Tradeoff Elicitations: A Matter of Perspective?

scientific article published on 01 May 2007

Women's decisions regarding tamoxifen for breast cancer prevention: responses to a tailored decision aid.

scientific article published on February 2010

Women's interest in taking tamoxifen and raloxifene for breast cancer prevention: response to a tailored decision aid.

scientific article published on 26 March 2011

“Is 28% Good or Bad?” Evaluability and Preference Reversals in Health Care Decisions

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