Self-reported willingness to have cancer screening and the effects of sociodemographic factors.

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Kressin, N. R., Manze, M., Russell, S. L., Katz, R. V., Claudio, C., Green, L., & Wang, M. Q., (2010). Self-reported willingness to have cancer screening and the effects of sociodemographic factors. Journal of the National Medical Association, 102(3), 219-227.
Background: The relative effects of race/ethnicity and other sociodemographic factors, compared to those of attitudes and beliefs on willingness to have cancer screening, are not …

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…

Racial and ethnic differences in accessing timely cancer screening and treatment services: A quantitative analysis.

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King, C.J. (2013). Racial and ethnic differences in accessing timely cancer screening and treatment services: A quantitative analysis (Doctoral dissertation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI No. 3568869)
This research is organized into three integrated studies that explored differences in screening and treatment services across the cancer care continuum by race and ethnicity. The …

African-American and Caribbean-born men’s perceptions of prostate cancer fear and facilitators for screening behaviour: A pilot study.

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Cobran, E. K., Hall, J. N., & Aiken, W. D., (2018). African-American and Caribbean-born men’s perceptions of prostate cancer fear and facilitators for screening behaviour: A pilot study. Journal of Cancer Education, 33, 640-649.
This study describes how a concurrent exploratory mixed methodology (CEMM) approach was used to investigate perceptions of prostate cancer (CaP) fear and facilitators of screening…

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…

Comparative effectiveness of audit-feedback versus additional physician communication training to improve cancer screening for patients with limited health literacy.

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Price-Haywood, E.G., Harden-Barrios, J., & Cooper, L.A., (2014). Comparative effectiveness of audit-feedback versus additional physician communication training to improve cancer screening for patients with limited health literacy. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 29(8), 1113-1121.
Background: We designed a continuing medical education (CME) program to teach primary care physicians (PCP) how to engage in cancer risk communication and shared decision making w…

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…

Prostate care and prostate cancer from the perspectives of undiagnosed men: A systematic review of qualitative research.

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Kannan, A., Kirkman, M., Ruseckaite, R., & Evans, S. M., (2019). Prostate care and prostate cancer from the perspectives of undiagnosed men: A systematic review of qualitative research. BMJ Open, 9, e022842.
Objectives: To summarise and evaluate evidence from men who had not been diagnosed with prostate cancer about their perspectives on prostate care and prostate cancer. Design: A s…

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…

Cancer screening among Korean Americans.

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Sarna, L., Tae, Y.S., Kim, Y.H., Brecht, M.L., & Maxwell, A.E., (2001). Cancer screening among Korean Americans. Cancer Practice, 9(3), 134-140.
Purpose: Cancer is a leading cause of death among Korean Americans (KAs), one of the most rapidly growing ethnic minority communities in the United States. An understanding about …

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