Predictors of colorectal cancer screening awareness among people working in a hospital environment.

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Michopoulos, S., Manios, E., Kourkoutas, H., Argyriou, K., Leonidakis, G., Zampeli, E., … & Dimopoulos, A.-M., (2017). Predictors of colorectal cancer screening awareness among people working in a hospital environment. Annals of Gastroenterology, 30, 315-321.
Background: Compliance rates for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening are much lower than those desired. Appropriate information on CRC risks and screening methods is supposed to sti…

Patient-provider communication and cancer screening among unmarried women.

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Politi, M.C., Clark, M.A., Rogers, M.L., McGarry, K., & Sciamanna, C.N., (2008). Patient-provider communication and cancer screening among unmarried women. Patient Education and Counseling, 73(2), 251-255.
Objectives: Unmarried women are less likely than married women to receive recommended cancer screenings. Patient-provider communication is a consistent predictor of cancer screeni…

Factors related to second cancer screening practice in disease-free cervical cancer survivors.

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Park, S.M., Park, C.T., Park, S.Y., Bae, D-S., Nam, J.H., Cho, C-H., … & Yun, Y.H., (2009). Factors related to second cancer screening practice in disease-free cervical cancer survivors. Cancer Causes & Control, 20, 1697-1703.
Background Although cancer survivors are at increased risk for developing cancers at other sites, little is known about the current status of second cancer (cancers other than the…

Demographic, psychosocial, and behavioural associations with cancer screening among a homeless population.

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Williams, L.B., McCall, A., Looney, S.W., Joshua, T., & Tingen, M.S., (2018). Demographic, psychosocial, and behavioural associations with cancer screening among a homeless population. Public Health Nursing, 35, 281-290.
Background: Although cancer incidence and mortality is declining, cancer remains among the leading causes of death in the United States. Research shows that cancer morbidity and m…

Factors influencing behavioural intention regarding prostate cancer screening among older African-American men.

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Ford, M. E., Vernon, S. W., Havstad, S. L., Thomas, S. A., & Davis, S. D., (2006). Factors influencing behavioural intention regarding prostate cancer screening among older African-American men. Journal of the National Medical Association, 98(4), 505-514.
Purpose: To assess factors associated with perceptions of prostate cancer screening among African-American men aged > or = 55 years based upon items developed using the Preventive…

Contemporary nationwide patterns of self-reported prostate-specific antigen screening in US veterans.

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Pucheril, D., Sammon, J.D., Sood, A., Abdollah, F., Choueiri, T.K., Meyer, C., … & Trinh, Q-D., (2015). Contemporary nationwide patterns of self-reported prostate-specific antigen screening in US veterans. Urologic Oncology, 33, 503.e7–503.e15.
Introduction and objectives:The quality of medical care to US veterans, as provided by the Veterans Health Administration, has recently been subjected to heightened scrutiny. We s…

Colorectal cancer screening disparities related to obesity and gender.

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Rosen, A.B., & Schneider, E.C., (2004). Colorectal cancer screening disparities related to obesity and gender. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 19, 332-338.
Background: Obesity is associated with a higher incidence of colorectal cancer and increased colorectal cancer mortality. Obese women are less likely to undergo breast and cervica…

Primary care physicians beliefs about prostate-specific antigen evidence uncertainty, screening efficacy, and test use.

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Ross, L.E., Hall, I.J., Howard, D.L., Rim, S.H., & Richardson, L.C., (2018). Primary care physicians beliefs about prostate-specific antigen evidence uncertainty, screening efficacy, and test use. Journal of the National Medical Association, 110(5), 491-500.
Background/Purpose: Little is known about primary care physicians’ (PCPs) beliefs about prostate cancer screening efficacy, evidence uncertainty, and their actual screening behavi…

An educational intervention on based information, motivation and behavior skills model and predicting breast self-examination.

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Savabi Esfahani, M., Taleghani, F., Noroozi, M., & Tabatabaeian, M., (2018). An educational intervention on based information, motivation and behavior skills model and predicting breast self-examination. Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, 59, E277-E281.
Introduction. Breast self-examination recommend as a breast screening method in developing countries where there are limited access to other screening methods. Therefore promoting…

Level of awareness of cervical and breast cancer risk factors and safe practices among college teachers of different states in India: Do awareness programmes have an impact on adoption of safe practices?

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Shankar, A., Rath, G.K., Roy, S., Malik, A., Bhandari, R., Kishor, K., Barnwal, K., Upadyaya, S., Srivastava, V., & Singh, R., (2015). Level of awareness of cervical and breast cancer risk factors and safe practices among college teachers of different states in India: Do awareness programmes have an impact on adoption of safe practices? Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 16(3), 927-932.
Background: Breast and cervical cancers are the most common causes of cancer mortality among women in India, but actually they are largely preventable diseases. Although early det…

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