ArticleBritish journal of cancer2009
Approaches to improving breast screening uptake: evidence and experience from Tower Hamlets.
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- Improving Breast Cancer Outcomes by Enhanced Activities in Early Detection and Diagnosis: An Umbrella Review and Meta-Analyses of Randomised Controlled Trials in High-Income Contexts With Universal Healthcare Coverage.Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer CenterPooled it
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- Outcomes of the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP) in England after the first 1 million tests.Gut · 2012Trial
- 'We know what the barriers are, but nothing changes' - Professional perspectives on promoting breast cancer screening initiatives for ethnic minority women.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Behind the Screen: An Exploratory Study of Factors Influencing Breast Screening Uptake in Lancashire (UK).Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Article
- The role of knowledge, primary care and community engagement to improve breast-screening access for Pakistani women in the United Kingdom: A secondary analysis of a qualitative study.Journal of health services research & policy · 2023Article
- Rapid review of evaluation of interventions to improve participation in cancer screening services.Journal of medical screening · 2017Article
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- Breast cancer screening uptake among women from different ethnic groups in London: a population-based cohort study.BMJ open · 2014Article
- Evaluation of a service intervention to improve awareness and uptake of bowel cancer screening in ethnically-diverse areas.British journal of cancer · 2014Article
- Use of text-message reminders to improve participation in a population-based breast cancer screening program.Journal of medical systems · 2014Article
- Uptake of breast screening is influenced by current religion and religion of upbringing.Journal of religion and health · 2013Article
- The benefits and harms of breast cancer screening: an independent review.British journal of cancer · 2013Review
- Socioeconomic variation in uptake of colonoscopy following a positive faecal occult blood test result: a retrospective analysis of the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme.British journal of cancer · 2012Article
- Major ethnic group differences in breast cancer screening uptake in Scotland are not extinguished by adjustment for indices of geographical residence, area deprivation, long-term illness and education.British journal of cancer · 2012Article
- Are caregiving responsibilities associated with non-attendance at breast screening?BMC public health · 2010Article
- Investigation of low 5-year relative survival for breast cancer in a London cancer network.British journal of cancer · 2010Article
- Uptake in cancer screening programmes: a priority in cancer control.British journal of cancer · 2009Article
- The National Awareness and Early Diagnosis Initiative in England: assembling the evidence.British journal of cancer · 2009Article
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Abstract
This paper reports on an innovative whole-systems approach to improving uptake of breast screening in Tower Hamlets, a deprived borough in the East End of London with a large minority ethnic population. The approach, developed by the public health team at NHS Tower Hamlets, draws on analysis of needs and existing literature about effective interventions to promote breast screening. Social marketing research led to a campaign targeted at Bangladeshi women, together with a range of initiatives to promote breast screening through primary care services and community outreach through local well-known organisations. The breast screening service itself was upgraded and a new service specification is being introduced from April 2009.
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