Objective: Risk beliefs are central to most theories of health behavior, yet many unanswered
questions remain about an increasingly studied risk construct, anticipated regret. The …

Cancer screening participation shows a strong, graded association with socioeconomic
status (SES) not only in countries such as the United States, where insurance status can be …

Using a multidimensional assessment of health literacy (the Cancer Message Literacy Test-
Listening, the Cancer Message Literacy Test-Reading, and the Lipkus Numeracy Scale), the …

The study aims to review available evidence concerning effective interventions to increase
colorectal cancer (CRC) screening acceptance. We performed a literature search of …

Colorectal cancer (CRC) accounts for 9% of all new cancer cases worldwide and affects
over 1 million people each year. Screening can reduce the mortality associated with the …

Background: Little is known about the psychological predictors of colorectal screening
uptake in England and mediators of associations between uptake and socioeconomic status …

Background Uptake of colorectal cancer screening programmes needs to be improved or at
least maintained in order to achieve projected reductions in mortality and morbidity …

Early detection of cancer through organized screening is a central component of population-
level strategies to reduce cancer mortality. For screening programs to be effective, it is …

Worldwide, cancer screening faced significant disruption in 2020 due to the COVID-19
pandemic. If this has led to changes in public attitudes towards screening and reduced …

Screening can reduce deaths if the people invited participate. However, good uptake is hard
to achieve, and our current approaches are failing to engage the most vulnerable. A …