A qualitative evaluation of strategies to increase colorectal cancer screening uptake

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Tinmouth, Jill ^a,b,c   Ritvo, Paul ^d,e   McGregor, S Elizabeth ^f,g   Claus, Danielle ^h   Pasut, George ^h   Myers, Ronald E ⁱ   Guglietti, Crissa ^d   Paszat, Lawrence F ^a,b,c   Hilsden, Robert J ^g   Rabeneck, Linda ^b,c,j  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d York University   (Canada)

^e CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^h CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

ⁱ THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j Ontario Colorectal Cancer Screening Program   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPENSATION; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PHYSICIAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SCREENING;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CORRESPONDENCE AS TOPIC; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; ONTARIO; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79551700549     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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