Open AccessEffect of public knowledge, attitudes, and behavior on willingness to undergo colorectal cancer screening using the health belief model
Author(s) -
Majid A Almadi,
Mahmoud Mosli,
Mohamed S Bohlega,
Mohanned A Al Essa,
Mohammed S AlDohan,
Turki A Alabdallatif,
Turki Y AlSagri,
Faleh A Algahtani,
Ahmed Mandil
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.153814
Subject(s) - medicine , health belief model , colorectal cancer , marital status , colonoscopy , arabic , cancer screening , disease , population , family history , family medicine , cancer , public health , gerontology , gynecology , health education , environmental health , pathology , linguistics , philosophy
Success of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is dependent in part on the proportion of uptake by the targeted population. We aimed in this study to identify factors that were associated with willingness to undergo CRC screening based on the health belief model (HBM).