Equity of bowel cancer screening: An epidemiological and qualitative study

• Reach:

  SA

• Focus area:

  Indigenous

• Status:

  Completed

• Evaluated:

  No

Overview

The Equity of bowel cancer screening: An epidemiological and qualitative study is a collaborative research endeavour between Flinders University, Adelaide University, and the Spencer Gulf Rural Health School. The project seeks to explore issues associated with access to bowel cancer screening for Indigenous peoples. The impetus for the project evolved from preliminary findings offered by the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) which showed Indigenous peoples had lower than expected participation rates in the NBCSP. It is anticipated that the current research project will identify the barriers and facilitators to bowel cancer screening for Indigenous peoples. The results of this research project will be used to inform the development of interventions that facilitate increased participation of Indigenous peoples in bowel cancer screening.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

Contacts

Professor Paul Ward
Head, Flinders Public Health
Equity of Bowel Cancer Screening project
Discipline of Public Health
Flinders University
Ph: (08) 7221 8415
Email: paul.ward@flinders.edu.au

Related publications

Ward PR, Javanparast S, Wilson C (2011)

Equity of colorectal cancer screening: which groups have inequitable participation and what can we do about it?.

Australian Journal of Primary Health; 17(4): 334-346

• Links
• View abstract: Equity of colorectal cancer screening: which groups have inequitable participation and what can we do about it?
• View article: Equity of colorectal cancer screening: which groups have inequitable participation and what can we do about it? (PDF - 1.1 MB)
• View website: Australian Journal of Primary Health

Javanparast S, Ward P, Young G, Wilson C, Carter S, Misan G, Cole S, Jiwa M, Tsourtos G, Martini A, Gill T, Baratiny G, Matt MA (2010)

How equitable are colorectal cancer screening programs which include FOBTs? A review of qualitative and quantitative studies.

Preventive Medicine; 50(4): 165-172

• Links
• View abstract: How equitable are colorectal cancer screening programs which include FOBTs? A review of qualitative and quantitative studies
• View article: How equitable are colorectal cancer screening programs which include FOBTs? A review of qualitative and quantitative studies (PDF - 196.0 KB)
• View website: Preventive Medicine

Javanparast S, Ward PR, Carter SM, Wilson CJ (2012)

Barriers to and facilitators of colorectal cancer screening in different population subgroups in Adelaide, South Australia.

Medical Journal of Australia; 196(8): 521-523

• Links
• View article: Barriers to and facilitators of colorectal cancer screening in different population subgroups in Adelaide, South Australia
• View article: Barriers to and facilitators of colorectal cancer screening in different population subgroups in Adelaide, South Australia (PDF - 152.0 KB)
• View website: Medical Journal of Australia

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