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Limited health literacy is a barrier to colorectal cancer screening in England: Evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.

Kobayashi, LC; Wardle, J; von Wagner, C; (2014) Limited health literacy is a barrier to colorectal cancer screening in England: Evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Prev Med , 61 pp. 100-105. 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.11.012. Green open access

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Abstract

To determine the association between health literacy and participation in publicly available colorectal cancer (CRC) screening in England using data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA).

Type: Article
Title: Limited health literacy is a barrier to colorectal cancer screening in England: Evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.11.012
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.11.012
Additional information: © 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works License,which permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Keywords: colorectal cancer screening, communication, early detection, faecal occult blood test, health equity, health literacy, organised screening
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Behavioural Science and Health
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1422531
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