Brian A. Primack, MD, EdM, MS

Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

230 McKee Place #600
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
(412) 586-9789 (phone)
(412) 692-4838 (fax)
bprimack@pitt.edu

• Home
• Biography
• Publications
• Grants
• Staff
• Teaching
• Awards
• Newsroom
• Interests
• Vitae

Publications

• Primack BA, Wickett DJ, Kraemer KL, Zickmund S. Teaching health literacy using popular television programming: A qualitative pilot study. American Journal of Health Education. In press 2009.
• Primack BA, Fertman, CI, Rice KR, Adachi-Mejia AM, and Fine MJ. Waterpipe and cigarette smoking among U.S. college athletes. Journal of Adolescent Health. In press 2009.
• Sherman E, Primack BA. What works to prevent smoking? A systematic review of the National Cancer Institute’s research-tested intervention programs. Journal of School Health. 2009;79:385-393.
• Arke ET, Primack BA. Quantifying media literacy: Development, reliability, and validity of a new measure. Educational Media International. 2009;46(1):53-65.
• Fertman CI, Primack BA. Development and validation of an elementary school student self efficacy scale. Journal of Drug Education. 2009;39(1):23-38.
• Primack BA, Sidani JE, Carroll MV, Fine MJ. Associations between smoking and media literacy in college students. Journal of Health Communication. 2009;14(6):1-15.
• Adachi-Mejia AM, Primack BA, Beach ML, Titus-Ernstoff L, Longacre MR, Weiss JE, Dalton MA. The influence of early movie smoking exposure and team sports participation on established smoking. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. 2009;163(7):638-643.
• Primack BA, Kraemer KL, Dalton MA, Fine MJ. Media exposure and marijuana and alcohol use among adolescents. 2009;44(5):722-39.
• Rubin AG, Gold MA, Primack BA. Associations between depressive symptoms and sexual risk behavior in a diverse sample of female adolescents. Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2008.12.011. In press 2009.
• Primack BA, Douglas E, Fine MJ, Dalton MA. Association of favorite music and sexual behavior. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2009;36:317-323.
• Primack BA, Swanier B, Georiopoulos AM, Land SR, Fine MJ. Media exposure in adolescence and depression in young adulthood. Archives of General Psychiatry. 2009;66:181-188.
• Primack BA, Walsh M, Bryce CL, Eissenberg TE. Waterpipe tobacco smoking in middle and high school. Pediatrics. 2009;123:e282-e288.
• Primack BA, Hobbs R. Which specific components of media literacy are most strongly associated with adolescent smoking? American Journal of Health Behavior. 2009;33:192-201.
• Primack BA, Fine D, Yang K, Wickett D, Zickmund S. Students' impressions of two different types of anti-smoking education: qualitative results from a randomized controlled trial. Health Education Research. Advance Access published on December 3, 2008; doi:10.1093/her/cyn062.
• Primack BA, Gold MA, Schwarz EB, Dalton MA. Degrading sex in popular music: A content analysis. Public Health Reports. 2008;123:593-600.
• Primack BA, Sidani JE, Agarwal AA, Donny EC, Shadel WG, Eissenberg TE. Prevalence of and associations with waterpipe smoking among US university students. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 2008;36:81-86.
• Primack BA, Land SR, Fine MJ. Adolescent smoking and volume of exposure to various forms of media. Public Health. 2008;122:379-89.
• Primack BA, Dalton MA, Carroll MV, Agarwal AA, Fine MJ. A content analysis of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs in popular music. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. 2008;162:169-175.
• Primack BA, Bost JE, Land SR, Fine MJ. Volume of tobacco advertising in African-American markets: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Public Health Reports. 2007;122:607-615.
• Primack BA, Bui T, Fertman C. Social marketing meets health literacy: Innovative improvement of health care providers' comfort with patient interaction. Patient Education and Counseling. 2007;68:3-9.
• Primack BA, Switzer GE, Dalton MA. Improving measurement of smoking normative beliefs in adolescents. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. 2007;161:434-439. (Lead article.)
• Primack BA, Gold MA, Land SR, Fine MJ. Association of cigarette smoking and media literacy about smoking among adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2006;39:465-472. (Lead article.)
• Primack BA, Gold MA, Switzer GE, Hobbs R, Land SR, Fine MJ. Development and validation of a smoking media literacy scale. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. 2006;160:369-374.