Socioeconomic differences in cancer screening participation: Comparing cognitive and psychosocial explanations

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 249-261

  Wardle, Jane ^a   McCaffery, Kirsten ^a   Nadel, Marion ^b   Atkin, Wendy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Colorectal cancer; Social support; Socioeconomic status; Stress; UK

Indexed keywords

CANCER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS; UNITED KINGDOM; VARIANCE;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 2042432033     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2003.10.030     Document Type: Article

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