8:00-8:30 am

Registration

8:30-8:45 am
San Gabriel Room

Welcome/Introductions
Lila Finney Rutten, PhD, MPH
National Cancer Institute

Opening Remarks
Jon Kerner, PhD
National Cancer Institute

8:45-9:00 am

Keynote Address [QuickTime, 9,249 KB]
Bradford W. Hesse, PhD
National Cancer Institute

9:00-10:30 am

Panel Session #1: Survey Methodology

Overview:
As communication technologies evolve, so too should the methodologies population scientists use to assess trends and improve population health. In this session, methodologists and analysts will describe results of HINTS activities designed: (a) to cope with issues of declining response rates, (b) to analyze trends in space and time, and (c) to make HINTS data interoperable with other datasets in an online, collaborative science environment.

Overarching Question:
How can state-of-the-art practice in survey methodology inform communication researchers and practitioners as they strive together to reduce population burden from cancer?

10:30-10:45 am

BREAK

10:45-12:30 pm

Panel Session #2: Moving Conceptual & Theoretical Thinking Forward in Health Communication

Overview:
HINTS is designed to be a resource for scientists, researchers, and practitioners. This session will focus on the use of conceptual models and theories in the development, analysis, and applications of HINTS data, how survey methodology is moving cancer control research forward, and how theoretical and conceptual frameworks can advance science and inform practice.

Overarching Question:
How can HINTS data be used to inform the science of health communication and informatics through its service as a bridge between laboratory-based theories of health behavior and population-based levels of measurement?

12:30-2:00 pm

BREAK

2:00-3:30 pm

Panel Session #3: Extending Reach in Health Communication

Overview:
An explicit set of goals for the NCI's Behavioral Research Program is to extend the reach, improve the effectiveness, and optimize the efficiency of health communication efforts nationwide. This session will focus on the first of those goals: extending the reach of health communication across vulnerable and underserved populations. Speakers will explore the utility of combining perspectives from multiple surveys to complete the evidentiary profile of diverse audience needs. Implications will be drawn for how to best utilize HINTS data to promote action in overcoming health disparities.

Overarching Question:
How can HINTS data, in combination with data from other survey resources, be used to document, diagnose, and address the root causes of health disparities in cancer communication?

3:30-3:45 pm

BREAK

3:45-5:00 pm

Panel Session #4: Future of Health Communication & Informatics

Overview:
The National Cancer Institute designed the HINTS program at the turn of the millennium to serve as a sentinel during an era of "Extraordinary Opportunity in Cancer Communication." During this session, leaders in the field will assemble to share their perspectives on the state, and future, of health communication and informatics. Session participants will be asked to identify gaps, as they see them, in the current communication surveillance environment and they will be invited to offer their vision for how technological innovations may shape the future of communications in the service of better health.

Overarching Question:
What role should HINTS play in providing intelligence to researchers, developers, and policy makers as they strive to keep ahead of a rapidly changing communication environment?

5:00-5:15 pm

BREAK

5:15-7:00 pm
California Room

Poster Session
Sponsored by George Mason University

7:00 pm

End of Day 1

7:30-8:00 am

Registration

8:00-9:00 am
Monterey Room

Welcome to 2nd day
Gary Kreps, PhD
George Mason University

Roundtable Discussion/Guided Forum

9:00-9:15 am

BREAK

9:15-10:15 am

Concurrent Instructional Sessions

San Moring Room

Richard Moser, PhD
William Davis, PhD
National Cancer Institute
Examining Changes Across Years Using HINTS 2003 and 2005 Data
HINTS Appendices

Monterey Room

Amy Yaroch, PhD
National Cancer Institute
Securing an NIH Grant

10:15 am

End of Day 2