Women’s behaviours toward mammogram and pap test: Opportunities to increase cervical cancer screening participation rates among older women.

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Tavasoli, S.M., Kane, E., Chiarelli, A.M., & Kupets, R., (2018). Women’s behaviours toward mammogram and pap test: Opportunities to increase cervical cancer screening participation rates among older women. Women’s Health Issues, 28(1), 42-50.
Objectives: Screening rates for cervical cancer remain moderate among women over 50 years of age. Because cervical and breast screening interventions can be linked, evaluating scr…

A cross-sectional investigation of cancer-screening intentions, sources of information, and understanding of cancer in Japanese adolescents.

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Sugisaki, K., Ueda, S., Ueji, M., Monobe, H., Yako-Suketomo, H., Eto, T., Watanabe, M., & Mori, R., (2018). A cross-sectional investigation of cancer-screening intentions, sources of information, and understanding of cancer in Japanese adolescents. Journal of Cancer Education, 33, 102-108.
The purpose of this study was to describe the cancer-screening intention, sources of cancer information, and cancer understanding among Japanese adolescents. A cross-sectional nat…

Cancer screening in the United States, 2017: A review of current American cancer society guidelines and current issues in cancer screening.

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Smith, R.A., Andrews, K.S., Brooks, D., Fedewa, S.A., Manassaram-Baptiste, D., Saslow, D., Brawley, O.W., & Wender, R.C. (2017). Cancer screening in the United States, 2017: A review of current American cancer society guidelines and current issues in cancer screening. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 67, 100-121.
Each year, the American Cancer Society publishes a summary of its guidelines for early cancer detection, data and trends in cancer screening rates, and select issues related to ca…

Consistency in attitudes across cancer screenings in medically underserved minority populations.

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Shaw, S.J., Vivian, J., Orzech, K.M., Torres, C.H., & Armin, J., (2012). Consistency in attitudes across cancer screenings in medically underserved minority populations. Journal of Cancer Education, 27, 165-171.
While a wide range of behavioral and psychosocial literature explores attitudes and beliefs towards cancer screenings, fewer studies examine attitudes across cancer screening type…

Impact of cancer awareness drive on generating awareness of and improving screening for cervical cancer: A study among schoolteachers in India.

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Shankar, A., Roy, S., Rath, G.K., Chakraborty, A., Kamal, V.K., Biswas, A.S., (2018). Impact of cancer awareness drive on generating awareness of and improving screening for cervical cancer: A study among schoolteachers in India. Journal of Global Oncology, 4, JGO.17.00074.
Purpose: Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in India. Our study assessed the level and impact of awareness programs in the adoption of safe practices in prevention a…

Level of awareness of various aspects of lung cancer among college teachers in India: Impact of cancer awareness programmes in prevention and early detection.

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Shankar, A., Roy, S., Malik, A., Rath, G.K., Julka, P.K., Kamal, V.K., Barnwal, K., Upadhyaya, S., Singh, R., & Srivastava, V., (2016). Level of awareness of various aspects of lung cancer among college teachers in India: Impact of cancer awareness programmes in prevention and early detection. Journal of Cancer Education, 31, 709-714.
Lung cancer is one of the most common causes of cancer mortality among men in India and incidence is increasing, but actually, they are largely preventable diseases. In India, adv…

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…

Breast, colorectal and skin cancer screening practices and family history of cancer in U.S. women.

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Shah, M., Zhu, K., Palmer, R.C., Jatoi, I., & Wu, H., (2007). Breast, colorectal and skin cancer screening practices and family history of cancer in U.S. women. Journal of Women’s Health, 16(4), 526-534.
Background: Several national medical organizations recommend more intensive screening or screening at an earlier age for individuals with a family history of breast, colorectal, o…

The ‘Be Cancer Alert Campaign’: Protocol to evaluate a mass media campaign to raise awareness about breast and colorectal cancer in Malaysia.

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Schliemann, D., Donnelly, M., Dahlui, M., Loh, S.Y., Ibrahim, N.S.B.T., Somasundaram, S., Donnelly, C., Su, T.T., (2018). The ‘Be Cancer Alert Campaign’: Protocol to evaluate a mass media campaign to raise awareness about breast and colorectal cancer in Malaysia. BMC Cancer, 18(1), 881.
Background: Breast and colorectal cancer are the two most common cancers in Malaysia. Low awareness coupled with stigma and erroneous beliefs delay help-seeking behaviours, lead t…

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…

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