Lay Representations of Cancer Prevention and Early Detection: Associations With Prevention Behaviors

• Main Authors: Helen W. Sullivan, PhD, MPH (Author), Lila J. Finney Rutten, PhD, MPH (Author), Bradford W. Hesse, PhD (Author), Richard P. Moser, PhD (Author), Alexander J. Rothman, PhD (Author), Kevin D. McCaul, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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IntroductionThe Common Sense Model of illness representations posits that how people think about an illness affects how they try to prevent the illness. The purpose of this study was to determine whether prevention representations vary by cancer type (colon, lung, and skin cancer) and whether repres...