Opportunities to Expand Colorectal Cancer Screening Participation
| Autor: | Cynthia A. Gelb, Crystale Purvis Cooper |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty National Health Programs Colorectal cancer media_common.quotation_subject Colonoscopy Health Promotion Article 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Promotion (rank) medicine Humans Mass Screening 030212 general & internal medicine Cities Family history Aged media_common Preventive healthcare Gynecology 030505 public health medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry General Medicine Focus Groups Middle Aged medicine.disease Focus group United States Colorectal cancer screening Family medicine Female Centers for Disease Control and Prevention U.S Colorectal Neoplasms 0305 other medical science business Formative research |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Women's Health. 25:990-995 |
| ISSN: | 1931-843X 1540-9996 |
| DOI: | 10.1089/jwh.2016.6049 |
| Popis: | The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Screen for Life: National Colorectal Cancer Action Campaign has operated continuously since 1999 to promote colorectal cancer screening. The campaign's most recent formative research cycle was conducted in 2015 and included 16 focus groups in four United States cities with adults aged 50-75 years who had not received colorectal cancer screening as recommended. The most common reason for screening nonparticipation was aversion to some aspect of colonoscopy, such as preparation, the invasive nature of the test, or the possibility of complications. Other reasons for screening nonparticipation were absence of symptoms, lack of screening awareness/provider recommendation, and lack of family history. Screening promotion messages that resonated with participants included the following: multiple screening tests are available; colorectal cancer may not cause symptoms; screening should begin at age 50; and most cases of colorectal cancer occur in individuals with no family history of the disease. Efforts to increase colorectal cancer screening participation may be supported by disseminating messages that counter common concerns about screening. Raising awareness of the range of colorectal cancer screening options may be especially critical given that many unscreened individuals were unwilling to undergo a colonoscopy. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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