Educational interventions to improve bowel cancer awareness and screening in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Summarise theory informed educational interventions for improving bowel cancer awareness and screening.

Methods

A search was conducted in PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science and CINAHL. English studies from 2016 to 2022 which implemented community-based bowel cancer awareness and/or screening education interventions for adults in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries were included.

Results

Sixty-two studies were included, 32 measured both screening and awareness (24 measured screening only, 6 measured awareness only). Education interventions were grouped and summarised in five education types: lay community health education/counselling (n = 28), education material (n = 5), health professional education/counselling (n = 10), mass media

SUBMITTER: Gadd N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10879007 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature