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Journal article
Identifying modifiable features of home bowel cancer screening kits to facilitate use: Consumer perspectives
Public Health Research & Practice, Vol.32(4), pp.1-8
2022
PMID: 35362018
Abstract
Objectives:
Despite the widely publicised health benefits of participation in bowel cancer screening, only 43.5% of recipients participate in the Australian National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP). Through consultation with kit recipients, this study aimed to identify features of home bowel screening kits that could be modified to increase their use.
Method:
Participants (n = 25) were presented with nine different bowel cancer screening kits and asked to identify features of each kit that might prevent or promote their use. Responses were coded using content analysis, and a narrative synthesis is presented summarising preferences relating to each element of the kit.
Results:
Six modifiable elements were identified: collection tool, collection sheet, specimen container, instruction, packaging and processes. Participant preferences were for collection devices that limited the users' proximity to faecal matter, smaller packaging, simpler processes and step-by-step pictorial instructions. Responses regarding aesthetics, the amount of information included and receiving immediate results were mixed.
Conclusions:
Findings provide several consumer-driven recommendations, which are to be tested in future research aimed at improving the acceptability and usability of kits distributed in population bowel cancer screening programs.
Details
- Title
- Identifying modifiable features of home bowel cancer screening kits to facilitate use: Consumer perspectives
- Authors
- Belinda C. Goodwin (Corresponding Author) - Cancer Council QueenslandBianca Viljoen - Cancer Council QueenslandLarry Myers - University of Southern QueenslandMichael J. Ireland - University of Southern QueenslandJeff Dunn - Cancer Council QueenslandSuzanne K. Chambers - University of Southern QueenslandNicholas Ralph - University of Southern QueenslandJoanne F. Aitken - Cancer Council Queensland
- Publication details
- Public Health Research & Practice, Vol.32(4), pp.1-8
- Publisher
- Sax Institute
- Date published
- 2022
- DOI
- 10.17061/phrp32122203
- ISSN
- 2204-2091
- PMID
- 35362018
- Copyright note
- © 2022 Goodwin et al. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence, which allows others to redistribute, adapt and share this work non-commercially provided they attribute the work and any adapted version of it is distributed under the same Creative Commons licence terms.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Health
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991087294502621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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