The role of need for control and self-reliance in gender and age differences in bowel cancer screening participation

CONCLUSIONS: When encouraging males and people aged 60 years and over to participate in bowel cancer screening, public health messages may benefit from conveying preventative health behaviour and cancer screening participation as actions that reflect self-control and self-reliance. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.PMID:35726402 | DOI:10.1002/pon.5979

Source: Cancer Control - June 21, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Belinda C Goodwin Larry Myers Kirsten N McKenna Laura E Anderson Michael J Ireland Source Type: research