Colorectal cancer screening: The effectiveness of education on its barriers and acceptability

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 595-609

  Foo, Aaron S C ^a   Thia, Joshua J P ^a   Ng, Zhi Peng ^a   Fong, Ngan Phoon ^a   Koh, Gerald C H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

acceptability; barriers; colorectal cancer; education; fecal occult blood testing (FOBT); screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGAPORE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84865699414     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539511399119     Document Type: Article

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