Evaluation of a Faith-Placed Health Education Service on Bowel Cancer Screening in Mosques in East London.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bowel cancer screening using faecal immunochemical testing is provided in the United Kingdom with the aim of reducing mortality from colorectal cancer. However, there are low participant rates among ethnic minorities across the United Kingdom. Faith-placed interventions have the potential to improve screening rates among such populations, but studies examining their effectiveness are scarce.

Methods

We delivered a presentation on bowel cancer screening to 204 Muslims in seven mosques in East London (intervention group). All participants completed a questionnaire regarding attitudes, perceptions and knowledge of bowel cancer screening before and after the presentation. Concurrently, we administered the questionnaire to 72 subjects attending a mosque that did not re

SUBMITTER: Waqar S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11344223 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature