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Cancer symptom awareness and barriers to medical help seeking in Scottish adolescents: a cross-sectional study

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Cancer symptom awareness and barriers to medical help seeking in Scottish adolescents: a cross-sectional study. / Hubbard, G.; Macmillan, I.; Canny, A. et al.
In: BMC Public Health, Vol. 14, No. 1117, 29.10.2014.

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Hubbard, G, Macmillan, I, Canny, A, Forbat, L, Neal, RD, O'Carroll, RE, Haw, S & Kyle, RG 2014, 'Cancer symptom awareness and barriers to medical help seeking in Scottish adolescents: a cross-sectional study', BMC Public Health, vol. 14, no. 1117. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-1117

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Hubbard, G., Macmillan, I., Canny, A., Forbat, L., Neal, R. D., O'Carroll, R. E., Haw, S., & Kyle, R. G. (2014). Cancer symptom awareness and barriers to medical help seeking in Scottish adolescents: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health, 14(1117). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-1117

CBE

Hubbard G, Macmillan I, Canny A, Forbat L, Neal RD, O'Carroll RE, Haw S, Kyle RG. 2014. Cancer symptom awareness and barriers to medical help seeking in Scottish adolescents: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health. 14(1117). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-1117

MLA

Hubbard, G. et al. "Cancer symptom awareness and barriers to medical help seeking in Scottish adolescents: a cross-sectional study". BMC Public Health. 2014. 14(1117). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-1117

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Hubbard G, Macmillan I, Canny A, Forbat L, Neal RD, O'Carroll RE et al. Cancer symptom awareness and barriers to medical help seeking in Scottish adolescents: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health. 2014 Oct 29;14(1117). doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1117

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Hubbard, G. ; Macmillan, I. ; Canny, A. et al. / Cancer symptom awareness and barriers to medical help seeking in Scottish adolescents: a cross-sectional study. In: BMC Public Health. 2014 ; Vol. 14, No. 1117.

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Cancer symptom awareness and barriers to medical help seeking in Scottish adolescents: a cross-sectional study

AU - Hubbard, G.

AU - Macmillan, I.

AU - Canny, A.

AU - Forbat, L.

AU - Neal, R.D.

AU - O'Carroll, R.E.

AU - Haw, S.

AU - Kyle, R.G.

PY - 2014/10/29

Y1 - 2014/10/29

N2 - Initiatives to promote early diagnosis include raising public awareness of signs and symptoms of cancer and addressing barriers to seeking medical help about cancer. Awareness of signs and symptoms of cancer and emotional barriers, such as, fear, worry, and embarrassment strongly influence help seeking behaviour. Whether anxiety influences seeking medical help about cancer is not known. The purpose of this study about adolescents was to examine: 1) the relationship between contextual factors and awareness of signs and symptoms of cancer and barriers (including emotional barriers) to seeking medical help, and 2) associations between anxiety and endorsed barriers to seeking medical help. Interpretation of data is informed by the common sense model of the self-regulation of health and illness.

AB - Initiatives to promote early diagnosis include raising public awareness of signs and symptoms of cancer and addressing barriers to seeking medical help about cancer. Awareness of signs and symptoms of cancer and emotional barriers, such as, fear, worry, and embarrassment strongly influence help seeking behaviour. Whether anxiety influences seeking medical help about cancer is not known. The purpose of this study about adolescents was to examine: 1) the relationship between contextual factors and awareness of signs and symptoms of cancer and barriers (including emotional barriers) to seeking medical help, and 2) associations between anxiety and endorsed barriers to seeking medical help. Interpretation of data is informed by the common sense model of the self-regulation of health and illness.

U2 - 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1117

DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1117

M3 - Article

VL - 14

JO - BMC Public Health

JF - BMC Public Health

SN - 1471-2458

IS - 1117

ER -