Effect of public knowledge, attitudes, and behavior on willingness to undergo colorectal cancer screening using the health belief model

Effect of public knowledge, attitudes, and behavior on willingness to undergo colorectal cancer screening using the health belief model

Background/Aims: Success of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is dependent in part on the proportion of uptake by the targeted population. We aimed in this study to identify factors that were associated with willingness to undergo CRC screening based on the health belief model (HBM). Patients and Me...

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Main Authors: Majid A Almadi, Mahmoud H Mosli, Mohamed S Bohlega, Mohanned A Al Essa, Mohammed S AlDohan, Turki A Alabdallatif, Turki Y AlSagri, Faleh A Algahtani, Ahmed Mandil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology
Subjects:
Colon cancer
colonoscopy
early detection
screening
endoscopy
epidemiology
health belief model
Saudi Arabia
Online Access:http://www.saudijgastro.com/article.asp?issn=1319-3767;year=2015;volume=21;issue=2;spage=71;epage=77;aulast=Almadi

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