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.
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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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