Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine,
Division of General Internal Medicine
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University

k-cameron@northwestern.edu

Affiliated faculty for the Center for Healthcare Equity
Secondary appointment (as Lecturer) in the Department of Preventive Medicine

Kenzie's healthcare equity work includes addressing racial disparities in the uptake of influenza vaccination; developing patient Education programs related to colorectal cancer and colorectal cancer screening for Hispanic/Latino patients, a population that often has late stage presentation of the disease.

Original, peer-reviewed research articles

1. Witte, K., Cameron, K.A., McKeon, J.K., & Berkowitz, J.M. (1996).
Predicting risk behaviors: Development and validation of a diagnostic scale.
Journal of Health Communication, 1, 317-341.
2. Wilson, S.R., Cameron, K.A., & Whipple, E.E. (1997). Regulative
communication strategies within mother-child interactions: Implications for the study of reflection-enhancing parental communication. Research on Language and Social Interaction, 30, 73-92.
3. Witte, K., Berkowitz, J.M., Lillie, J.M., Cameron, K.A., Lapinski,
M.K., & Liu, W. (1998). Radon awareness and reduction campaigns for
African-Americans: A theoretically based evaluation. Health Education and Behavior, 25, 284-303.
4. Witte, K., Cameron, K.A., Lapinski, M.K., & Nzyuko, S. (1998). A
theoretically-based evaluation of HIV/AIDS prevention campaigns along the Trans-Africa highway in Kenya. Journal of Health Communication, 3, 345-363.
5. Witte, K., Berkowitz, J.M., Cameron, K.A., & McKeon, J.K. (1998).
Preventing the spread of genital warts: Using fear appeals to promote self-protective behaviors. Health Education and Behavior, 25, 571-585.
6. Cameron, K.A., Witte, K., Lapinski, M.K., & Nzyuko, S. Preventing
HIV transmission along the Trans-Africa highway in Kenya: Using persuasive message theory in formative education. (1999). International Quarterly of Community Health Education, 18, 331-356.
7. Koob, J.J., Cameron, K.A., & Oswalt, S. (2000). The Effects of Peer
Sexuality Education on Perceived Risk, Condom Use, and Sexual Decision Making. Peer Facilitator Quarterly, 17, 76-83.
8. Boster, F.J., Cameron, K.A., Campo, S.L., Liu, W., Lillie, J.K.M.,
Baker, E.M., & Ah Yun, K. (2000). The persuasive effects of statistical evidence in the presence of exemplars. Communication Studies, 51, 296-306.
9. Lannutti, P.J., & Cameron, K.A. (2002). Romantic relational
termination and homosexual and heterosexual post-dissolutional relationships. Communication Quarterly, 50, 153-170.
10. Bevan, J.L., Cameron, K.A., & Dillow, M.R. (2003). One more try:
Compliance-gaining strategies associated with romantic reconciliation attempts. Southern Communication Journal, 68, 121-135.
11. Cameron, K.A., Campo, S., & Brossard, D. (2003). Advocating for
controversial issues: The effect of activism on compliance-gaining strategy selection. Communication Studies, 54, 265-281.
12. Campo, S., Cameron, K.A., Brossard, D., & Frazer, M.S. (2004).
Social norms and expectancy violation theories: Assessing the effectiveness of health communication campaigns. Communication Monographs, 71, 127-149.
13. Cameron, K.A., Salazar, L. F., Bernhardt, J.M., Burgess-Whitman, N.,
Wingood, G.M., & DiClemente, R.J. (2005). Adolescents’ experience with sex on the web: Results from online focus groups. Journal of Adolescence, 28, 535-540.
14. Baker, D.W., Cameron, K.A., Feinglass, J., Georgas, P., Foster, S.,
Pierce, D., Thompson, J., Hasnain-Wynia, R. (2005). Patients’ attitudes toward health care providers collecting information about their race and ethnicity. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 20, 895-900.
15. Oswalt, S.B., Cameron, K.A., Koob, J.J. (2005). Sexual regret in
college students. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 34, 663-669.
16. Baker, D.W., Cameron, K.A., Feinglass, J., Thompson, J., Georgas,
P., Foster, S., Pierce, D., Hasnain-Wynia, R. (2006). A system for rapidly and accurately collecting patients’ race and ethnicity. American Journal of Public Health, 96, 532-537.
17. Campo, S., Cameron, K.A. (2006). Differential effects of exposure to
social norms campaigns: A cause for concern. Health Communication, 19, 209-219.
18. Cameron, K.A., Campo, S. (2006). Stepping back from social norms
campaigns: Comparing normative influences to other predictors of health behaviors. Health Communication, 20, 277-288.
19. Cameron, K.A., Francis, L., Wolf, M.S., Baker, D.W., Makoul, G.
(2007). Investigating Hispanic/Latino perceptions about colorectal cancer
screening: a community-based approach to effective message design.  Patient Education and Counseling, 68, 145-152.
20. LaVela, S.L., Cameron, K.A., Priebe, M., Weaver, F.M. (2008).
Development and testing of a vaccination message targeted to persons with spinal cord injuries and disorders. The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 31, 44-52.
21. Cameron, K.A. (2009). A practitioner’s guide to persuasion: An
overview of 15 selected persuasion theories, models and frameworks. Patient Education and Counseling (Special Issue on Theories in Health Communication Research), 74, 309-317.
22. Cameron, K.A., Rintamaki, L.S., Kamanda-Kosseh, M., Noskin, G.A.,
Baker, D.B., & Makoul, G. (2009). Using theoretical constructs to identify key issues for targeted message design: African American seniors’
perceptions about influenza and influenza vaccination. Health Communication, 24, 316-326.
23. Tanabe, P., Gisondi, M.A., Barnard, C., Lucenti, M.J., Cameron, K.A.
(in press). Can education and staff based participatory research change nursing practice in an era of ED overcrowding? A focus group study. Journal of Emergency Nursing.
24. Clayman, M.L., Webb, J., Zick, A., Cameron, K.A., Rintamaki, L.,
Makoul, G.  (in press) Video review: an alternative to coding transcripts of focus groups.  Communication Methods and Measures.
25. Makoul, G., Cameron, K.A., Baker, D.W., Francis, L., Scholtens, D.,
Wolf, M.S. (in press - 2009). A multimedia patient education program on colorectal cancer screening increases knowledge and willingness to consider screening among Hispanic/Latino patients. Patient Education and Counseling.

Editorials, Reviews, Chapters, Books, Commentaries

1. Cameron, K.A. (1998). [Invited Review of the book The fragile
community: Living together with AIDS]. Personal Relationship Issues, 5, 13-15. (Invited)
2. Cameron, K.A., Witte, K., & Nzyuko, S. (1999). Perceptions of
condoms and barriers to condom use along the Trans-Africa highway in Kenya.
In W.N. Elwood (Ed.) Power in the blood: AIDS, politics, and communication (pp. 149-163). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. [invited and peer reviewed]
3. Bernhardt, J., & Cameron, K.A. (2003). Accessing, understanding, and
applying health communication messages: The challenge of health literacy. In T. Thompson, A. Dorsey, K. Miller, & R.L. Parrott (Eds.) Handbook of health communication. (pp. 583-605). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates [invited and peer reviewed]
4. DeJoy, D. M., Cameron, K. A., & Della, L. J. (2006).  Post exposure
evaluation of warning effectiveness: A review of field studies and population-based research (Chap. 4).  In Wogalter, M.S. (ed.) Handbook of warnings (pp. 35-48). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. [invited and peer reviewed]
5. Cameron, K. A., & DeJoy, D. M. (2006).  The persuasive functions of
warnings: Theory and models. (Chap. 22).  In Wogalter, M.S. (ed.) Handbook of warnings (pp. 301-312). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. [invited and peer reviewed]
6. Cameron, K.A., de Haes, H., Visser, A.  (2009). Editorial: Theories
in health communication research. Patient Education and Counseling (Special Issue on Theories in Health Communication Research), 74¸ 279-281. [invited]