Dr. Janice (Jan) Hastrup
Associate Professor of Psychology
Affiliated Faculty, Dept. of Social and Preventive Medicine
Ph.D., University at Buffalo
Office: 321 Park Hall
Phone: (716) 645-0217
E-mail: jhastrup@buffalo.edu
Url: Personally maintained website
Summary of Research Interests:
My research is designed to help us understand social influences and cognitive factors that affect beliefs about health. The overall goal is promote preventive behaviors and decrease those that are destructive to health. I am especially interested in knowledge of, and social and ethical issues surrounding family health information. I also collaborate with colleagues in the Division of Cancer Prevention at Roswell Park Cancer Institute on research designed to correct misinformation about tobacco and nicotine products among both smokers and nonsmokers, and hold a secondary appointment in the Dept. of Social and Preventive Medicine.
Additional interests are in community interventions, methodological issues, stress, and emotional development. I also put my research skills and interest in public health policy to use through involvement in the Near East/West Side Task Force and its Health Subcommittee, and on the Love Canal Medical Fund Board of Directors and Research Committee.
Representative Publications:
- Hastrup, J. L., Thomas, S. N., & Edelstein, M. R. (2007). Fear of cancer in a rural Appalachian community following notification of an environmental hazard. Research in Social Problems and Public Policy, 14, 93-115.
- Keefe, S., Hastrup, J. L., & Thomas, S. (2005). Psychological testing in Appalachia. In S. E. Keefe (Ed.), Appalachian cultural competency. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press.
- Cummings, K. M., Hyland, A., Giovino, G. A., Hastrup, J. L., Bauer, J., & Bansal, M. A. (2004). Are smokers adequately informed about the health risks of smoking and medicinal nicotine? Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 6, S333-S340.
- Bansal, M. A., Cummings, K. M., Hyland, A., Bauer, J. L. Hastrup, J. L., & Steger, C. (2004). Do smokers want to know more about the cigarettes they smoke? Results from the EDUCATE study. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 6, S289-S302.
- Piniewski-Bond, J., Celestino, P. B., Mahoney, M. C., Farrell, C. D., Bauer, J. E., Hastrup, J. L., & Cummings, K. M. (2003). A cancer genetics education campaign: Delivering parallel messages to clinicians and the public. Journal of Cancer Education, 18, 95-99.
- Feskanich, D., Hastrup, J. L., Marshall, J. R., Colditz, G. A., Stampfer, M.J., Willett, W. C., & Kawachi, I. (2002). Stress and suicide in the Nurses' Health Study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 56, 95-98.
- Hastrup, J.L., Kraemer, D.T., Bornstein, R., & Trezza, G. (2001). Crying frequency across the lifespan. Chapter in R. Cornelius & A. Vingerhoets (Eds.), Adult crying: Psychological and psychobiological aspects. Harwood.
- Hastrup, J.L., Cummings, K.M., Swedrock, T., Hyland, A., & Pauly, J. L. (2001). Consumers' knowledge and beliefs about the safety of cigarette filters. Tobacco Control, 10, 84.