Reducing the socioeconomic gradient in uptake of the NHS bowel cancer screening Programme using a simplified supplementary information leaflet: a cluster-randomised trial

Reducing the socioeconomic gradient in uptake of the NHS bowel cancer screening Programme using a simplified supplementary information leaflet: a cluster-randomised trial

Abstract Background Uptake of colorectal cancer screening is low in the English NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP). Participation in screening is strongly associated with socioeconomic status. The aim of this study was to determine whether a supplementary leaflet providing the ‘gist’ of gua...

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Main Authors: Samuel G. Smith, Jane Wardle, Wendy Atkin, Rosalind Raine, Lesley M. McGregor, Gemma Vart, Steve Morris, Stephen W. Duffy, Susan Moss, Allan Hackshaw, Stephen Halloran, Ines Kralj-Hans, Rosemary Howe, Julia Snowball, Graham Handley, Richard F. Logan, Sandra Rainbow, Steve Smith, Mary Thomas, Nicholas Counsell, Christian von Wagner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
Cancer; oncology; socioeconomic inequalities
Colorectal cancer screening
Fuzzy trace theory
Gist
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-017-3512-1

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