An apple a day: Habit formation in medication adherence.

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Marquez-Padilla, F. (2015). An apple a day: Habit formation in medication adherence (Department of Economics, Princeton University).
In this paper I study the causal effect of prescription duration on medical nonadherence and explore its effects on habit formation. By exploiting a recent change in policy made b…

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 …

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…

Prostate cancer screening behaviours and its related cognitive psychological factors among men over 50 years of age using the health belief model.

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Barati, M., Bashirian, S., Amirzargar, M. A., Mousali, A. A., & Saatiasr, M. H., (2018). Prostate cancer screening behaviours and its related cognitive psychological factors among men over 50 years of age using the health belief model. HAYAT, 23(4), 345-357.
Background & Aim: Prostate carcinoma is the most common cancer among men and the second lethal cancer. The present study aimed to investigate the prostate cancer screening behavio…

Factors affecting HPV vaccine acceptance in west Austria: Do we need to revise the current immunization scheme?

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Borena, W., Luckner-Hornischer, A., Katzgraber, F., & Holm-von Laer, D., (2016). Factors affecting HPV vaccine acceptance in west Austria: Do we need to revise the current immunization scheme? Papillomavirus Research, 2, 173-177.
Background: Austria introduced a school-based gender-neutral human papillomavirus (HPV) immunization program in February 2014. In order to assure high coverage, factors influencin…

Measuring beliefs related to colorectal cancer screening behaviour among Iranian middle-aged and elderly: A psychometric study.

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Khashij, S., Jalilian, F., Vaezi, M., Jalilian, M., Gharibnavaz, H., Ahmadi-Jouybari, T., Naghibifar, Z., & Karami, H., (2018). Measuring beliefs related to colorectal cancer screening behaviour among Iranian middle-aged and elderly: A psychometric study. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 19(8), 2211-2216.
The annual fecal occult blood test is a very important method for colorectal cancer early detection through screening. Our aim was to assess psychometrics of instrument measuring …

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…

Modelling antecedents of blood donation motivation among non-donors of varying age and education.

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Lemmens, K. P. H., Abraham, C., Ruiter, R. A. C., Veldhuizen, I. J. T., Dehing, C. J. G., Bos, A. E. R., & Schaalma, H. P. (2009). Modelling antecedents of blood donation motivation among non-donors of varying age and education. British Journal Of Psychology, 100, 71–90.
Understanding blood donation motivation among non-donors is prerequisite to effective recruitment. Two studies explored the psychological antecedents of blood donation motivation …

Parental acceptance of human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination in Indonesia: A cross-sectional study.

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Jaspers, L., Budiningsih, S., Wolterbeek, R., Henderson, F. C., Peters, A. A. W., (2011). Parental acceptance of human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination in Indonesia: A cross-sectional study. Vaccine, 29, 7785-7793.
Background: Cervical cancer ranks the second most frequent cancer in Indonesian women. In Indonesia, human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine acceptance has not been studied before. Ob…

Missing minorities: Explaining low migrant blood donation participation and developing recruitment tactics.

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Boenigk, S., Mews, M., & de Kort, W. (2015). Missing minorities: Explaining low migrant blood donation participation and developing recruitment tactics. Voluntas, 26(4), 1240-1260.
Missing Minorities (MIMI) is a research project initiated by the European Blood Alliance that aims to develop new strategies to recruit blood donors from minority groups. This pap…

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