How equitable are colorectal cancer screening programs which include FOBTs? A review of qualitative and quantitative studies

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 165-172

  Javanparast, Sara ^a   Ward, Paul ^a   Young, Graeme ^b   Wilson, Carlene ^c   Carter, Stacy ^d   Misan, Gary ^e   Cole, Stephen ^a   Jiwa, Moyez ^f   Tsourtos, George ^a   Martini, Angelita ^a   Gill, Tiffany ^g   Baratiny, Genevieve ^e   Matt, Michelle Ah ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c CANCER COUNCIL SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^f CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g Government of South Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Equity; Participation; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGE; CANCER SCREENING; CINAHL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMBASE; ETHNICITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDLINE; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

AUSTRALIA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77649323264     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.02.003     Document Type: Review

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