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 …

Self-administered HPV testing as a cervical cancer screening option: Exploring the perspectives of hispanic and Arab women in the United States .

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Kidder, E.O. (2014). Self-administered HPV testing as a cervical cancer screening option: Exploring the perspectives of hispanic and Arab women in the United States (Doctoral dissertation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI No. 3630899)
Background: Though significant gains have been made in preventing cervical cancer over the past 30 years, it continues to cause morbidity and mortality among women in the United S…

Association between online information-seeking and adherence to guidelines for breast and prostate cancer screening.

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Kim, H., Filson, C., Joski, P., von Esenwein, S., & Lipscomb, J., (2018). Association between online information-seeking and adherence to guidelines for breast and prostate cancer screening. Preventing Chronic Disease, 15(E45), 170147.
Introduction: From 2012 through 2014, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended biennial mammography for women aged 50 to 75 and recommended against the prostate …

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 …

Where science and communities meet: A comparative case study of strategies to increase cancer screening among rural residents.

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Kluhsman, B.C. (2009). Where science and communities meet: A comparative case study of strategies to increase cancer screening among rural residents (Doctoral dissertation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI No. 3360854)
Background: Cancer accounts for one in every four deaths in the U.S. Screening to detect cancer at an early stage when more favorable treatment outcomes are possible can reduce mo…

Predictors of participation in risk-based prostate cancer screening.

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Koitsalu, M., Eklund, M., Adolfsson, J., Sprangers, M. A. G., Gronberg, H., & Brandberg, Y., (2018). Predictors of participation in risk-based prostate cancer screening. PLoS ONE, 13(7), e0200409.
Background: Implementation of risk-based prostate cancer screening has been proposed as a means to reduce the harms of PSA screening. Little is known, however, about the factors i…

Parents who decline HPV vaccination: Who later accepts and why?

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Kornides, M. L., McRee, A.-L., & Gilkey, M. B., (2018). Parents who decline HPV vaccination: Who later accepts and why? Academic Pediatrics, 18(2S), S37-S43.
Objective: Parental declination contributes to low human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination coverage among US adolescents, resulting in missed opportunities for cancer prevention. W…

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 …

Opportunistic HPV vaccination at age 16-23 and cervical screening attendance in Sweden: A national register-based cohort study.

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Kreusch, T., Wang, J., Sparen, P., & Sundstrom, K., (2018). Opportunistic HPV vaccination at age 16-23 and cervical screening attendance in Sweden: A national register-based cohort study. BMJ Open, 8, e024477.
Objectives To investigate whether cervical screening attendance differs between human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinated and unvaccinated women and to investigate potential underlyin…

Breast and cervical cancer screening: Exploring perceptions and barriers with Hmong women and men in Oregon.

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Kue, J., Zukoski, A., Keon, K. L., & Thorburn, S., (2014). Breast and cervical cancer screening: Exploring perceptions and barriers with Hmong women and men in Oregon. Ethnicity & Health, 19(3), 311-327.
Background—Hmong women are reported to have very low rates of breast and cervical cancer screening compared to other Asian and White women in the U.S. Reasons for low cancer scree…

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