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Isaac M. Lipkus

Isaac M. Lipkus

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
63
Citations
19102
World Ranking
1166
National Ranking
543

Overview

Isaac M. Lipkus is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and has contributed to the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with a focus on Applied Psychology, Physiology, General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science, and Health. Their work concentrates heavily on Smoking Behavior and Cessation, Behavioral Health and Interventions, and related topics such as Optimism, Hope, and Well-being, Media Influence and Health, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Mobile Health and mHealth Applications, and Racial and Ethnic Identity Research.

The scientist has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • Perceptions of physical activity and sedentary behaviour guidelines among end-users and stakeholders: a systematic review (2022) in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • Effect of risk messages on risk appraisals, attitudes, ambivalence, and willingness to smoke hookah in young adults (2020) in Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine
  • Tailored Mobile Messaging Intervention for Waterpipe Tobacco Cessation in Young Adults: A Randomized Trial (2021) in American Journal of Public Health
  • You won't regret it (or love it) as much as you think: impact biases for everyday health behavior outcomes (2020) in Psychology and Health
  • Results of a Single Arm Pilot Study of a Mobile Messaging Intervention for Hookah Tobacco Cessation in Young Adults (2020) in Tobacco Use Insights

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as UNC Libraries, Journal of Behavioral Medicine, Prevention Science, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, and Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine.

Collaboration is a key feature of their research efforts. Frequent coauthors include Darren Mays, Andrea C. Johnson, Lilianna Phan, Kenneth P. Tercyak, and Camilla Sanders.

Best Publications

  • General performance on a numeracy scale among highly educated samples.

    Isaac M. Lipkus;Greg Samsa;Barbara K. Rimer

  • Understanding the potential of teachable moments: the case of smoking cessation

    C M McBride;K M Emmons;I M Lipkus

  • Accommodation processes in close relationships: Theory and preliminary empirical evidence.

    Caryl E. Rusbult;Julie Verette;Gregory A. Whitney;Linda F. Slovik

  • Numeric, Verbal, and Visual Formats of Conveying Health Risks: Suggested Best Practices and Future Recommendations

    Isaac M. Lipkus

  • Current health behaviors and readiness to pursue life-style changes among men and women diagnosed with early stage prostate and breast carcinomas.

    R.D. Wendy Demark-Wahnefried Ph.D.;Bercedis Peterson;Colleen McBride;Isaac Lipkus

  • The visual communication of risk.

    Isaac M. Lipkus;J. G. Hollands

  • The Importance of Distinguishing the Belief in a Just World for Self Versus for Others: Implications for Psychological Well-Being

    Isaac M. Lipkus;Claudia Dalbert;Ilene C. Siegler

  • The construction and preliminary validation of a global belief in a just world scale and the exploratory analysis of the multidimensional belief in a just world scale

    Isaac Lipkus

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

    Lyndal J. Trevena;Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher;Adrian Edwards;Wolfgang Gaissmaier

  • Clinical implications of numeracy: theory and practice.

    Wendy Nelson;Valerie F. Reyna;Valerie F. Reyna;Angela Fagerlin;Isaac Lipkus

  • Main outcomes of the FRESH START trial: a sequentially tailored, diet and exercise mailed print intervention among breast and prostate cancer survivors.

    Wendy Demark-Wahnefried;Elizabeth C. Clipp;Isaac M. Lipkus;David Lobach

  • The Functions of Affect in Health Communications and in the Construction of Health Preferences.

    Ellen Peters;Isaac Lipkus;Michael A. Diefenbach

  • Communicating genetic and genomic information: health literacy and numeracy considerations.

    Dale Halsey Lea;Kimberly A. Kaphingst;Deborah Bowen;Isaac Lipkus

  • Affect, Framing, and Persuasion:

    Punam Anand Keller;Isaac M. Lipkus;Barbara K. Rimer

  • Understanding the Role of Numeracy in Health: Proposed Theoretical Framework and Practical Insights

    Isaac M. Lipkus;Ellen Peters

  • American Society of Clinical Oncology Technology Assessment of Pharmacologic Interventions for Breast Cancer Risk Reduction Including Tamoxifen, Raloxifene, and Aromatase Inhibition

    Rowan T. Chlebowski;Nananda Col;Eric P. Winer;Deborah E. Collyar

  • Incorporating Genetic Susceptibility Feedback into a Smoking Cessation Program for African-American Smokers with Low Income

    Colleen M. McBride;Gerold Bepler;Isaac M. Lipkus;Pauline Lyna

  • Psychological impact of diagnosis and risk reduction among cancer survivors.

    Colleen M. Mcbride;Elizabeth Clipp;Bercedis L. Peterson;Bercedis L. Peterson;Isaac M. Lipkus;Isaac M. Lipkus

  • Relationships among breast cancer perceived absolute risk, comparative risk, and worries.

    Isaac M. Lipkus;Maggie Kuchibhatla;Colleen M. McBride;Hayden B. Bosworth

  • Relationships among Breast Cancer Concern, Risk Perceptions, and Interest in Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer Susceptibility among African-American Women with and without a Family History of Breast Cancer

    Isaac M. Lipkus;Deborah Iden;Jennifer Terrenoire;John R. Feaganes

Frequent Co-Authors

Colleen M. McBride
Colleen M. McBride Emory University
Ilene C. Siegler
Ilene C. Siegler Duke University
Wei Pan
Wei Pan University of Hong Kong
James A. Shepperd
James A. Shepperd University of Florida
Kenneth P. Tercyak
Kenneth P. Tercyak Georgetown University Medical Center
Celette Sugg Skinner
Celette Sugg Skinner The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Ellen Peters
Ellen Peters University of Oregon
Megan A. Lewis
Megan A. Lewis RTI International
William M. P. Klein
William M. P. Klein National Institutes of Health
Paul Bloom
Paul Bloom Columbia University

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