Cancer risk perception and physician communication behaviors on cervical cancer and colorectal cancer screening.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women 50-65 years of age have the lowest cervical and colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates among ages recommended for screening. The primary aim of this work is to determine how cancer risk perceptions and provider communication behaviors, in addition to known demographic factors, influence the uptake of both cervical and CRC screening or a single screen among women in southeast Michigan.

Methods

Fourteen health services and communication behavior questions were adapted from the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) and administered to a multiethnic sample of adults in southeast Michigan. The outcome variable was self-reported up-to-date cervical cancer and/or CRC screening as defined by the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). Dem

SUBMITTER: Harper DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8384416 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature