Improving cancer symptom awareness and help-seeking among adults living in socioeconomically deprived communities in the UK using a facilitated health check: A protocol for the Awareness and Beliefs About Cancer (ABACus) Randomised Control Trial

• Main Authors: Yvonne Moriarty (Author), Julia Townson (Author), Harriet Quinn-Scoggins (Author), Louise Padgett (Author), Sioned Owen (Author), Stephanie Smits (Author), Rebecca Playle (Author), Polyxeni Dimitropoulou (Author), Bernadette Sewell (Author), Vasiliki Kolovou (Author), Peter Buckle (Author), Ben Carter (Author), Adrian Edwards (Author), Julie Hepburn (Author), Maura Matthews (Author), Caroline Mitchell (Author), Richard D Neal (Author), Michael Robling (Author), Fiona Wood (Author), Kate Brain (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Cancer survival is lower in socioeconomically deprived communities, partly due to low awareness of symptoms, negative beliefs and delayed help-seeking. We developed an interactive health check questionnaire facilitated by trained lay advisors. It entails 29 questions about backgr...