Improving attendance for breast screening among recent non-attenders: A randomised controlled trial of two interventions in primary care

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 99-105

  Bankhead, C ^a   Richards, S H ^b   Peters, T J ^b   Sharp, D J ^c,d   Hobbs, F D R ^d,e   Brown, J ^f   Roberts, L ^e   Tydeman, C ^c   Redman, V ^e   Formby, J ^c   Wilson, S ^e   Austoker, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Division of Primary Health Care

^d Department of Primary Health Care ^*

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast screening; Primary care; Randomised controlled trial; Recent non attenders; Uptake

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RECORDS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REMINDER SYSTEMS;

EID: 0034914160     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jms.8.2.99     Document Type: Article

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