What is known? The Australian National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) provides free bowel cancer screening kits to Australians aged between 50-74, once every two years. The screening kits are designed to detect early signs of bowel cancer. Therefore, if…

…use. Health initiatives can use this information to increase participation in mail-out bowel cancer screening programs and increase the early detection of bowel cancer screening in Australia. Cancer Council Queensland is committed to improving bowel cancer prevention and screening programs…

…to engage in risky levels of alcohol consumption and are less likely to engage in sufficient exercise. Daily smoking is more common in the more remote parts of rural Australia. Participation in cancer screening, however, was relatively equal across all…

…to screen as well as those which help them carry out the action of completing a screening kit. What does this mean? Organisers of population bowel cancer screening programs should aim to include these previously successful and recommended behaviour change…

…and addressing key drivers of the continuing disparities in screening participation. This will require active involvement of Indigenous women both in finding out key barriers to screening participation and designing appropriate effective localised interventions. Contact: Paramita Dasgupta Reference: Dasgupta P,…

…can be used in future research to better understand barriers to screening and to improve screening participation. The findings of this study suggest that it is important to encourage people to make specific plans to use their screening kit and…

…cancer screening and ways to improve the home screening kit to increase participation. Procrastination, disgust and hygiene concerns, fear of a positive result, physical difficulties and a preference for making autonomous screening decisions were identified as key barriers preventing participation…

…to start a conversation with the women in their life about cancer and the importance of screening,” Ms McMillan said. “Participating in screening programs is vital to ensure that cancer is detected early, and you have the best chance of…

…of symptoms rather than through routine screening,” Mr Baade said. “Further research needs to be conducted to understand what additional factors contribute to the substantial unexplained variation in survival outcomes.” “These results emphasise that screening is one of the most…

…improve screening rates throughout Australia. “Having one national screening register where Queenslanders can keep up to date with their eligibility and scheduled screenings is vitally important,” Ms Clift said. “The register will encourage more men and women to participate in…