Factors influencing participation in colorectal cancer screening—a qualitative study in an ethnic and socio-economically diverse inner city population

Health Expectations

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 608-617

  Dharni, Nimarta ^a   Armstrong, David ^b   Chung Faye, Guy ^c   Wright, Alison J ^b  

^a BRADFORD INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bowel cancer screening; colorectal cancer screening; ethnicity; FOBt; psychological beliefs; socio economic status

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORECTAL TUMOR; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84994524484     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hex.12489     Document Type: Article

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