The Cancer Communication & Screening research group has expertise in understanding uptake of cancer screening (focusing on colorectal and cervical screening), communication and decision-making in screening, measuring patient experiences, and assessing knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about cancer. Core funding for the group comes from a Cancer Research UK programme grant which aims to use psychological theory to inform effective public health strategy. Funding for other projects and studentships comes from Cancer Research UK, NIHR, MRC, Eve Appeal, and the NHS Cancer Screening Programmes.
Together with the Epidemiology of Cancer Healthcare & Outcomes research group, the Cancer Communication & Screening group run the BSH Cancer screening, help-seeking and prevention PubMed Commons Journal Club.
Contact
This group is led by Dr Christian von Wagner (c.wagner@ucl.ac.uk).
Research
Ongoing projects
Cancer attitudes and communication
- Attitudes, Behaviour, and Cancer-UK Survey (ABACUS)
- Cancer fear
- Informed decision-making about cancer screening
- Predicting Risk of Ovarian Malignancies, Improved Screening and Early detection (PROMISE) 2016
- Reporting Guidelines for Social Media Research (RESOME)
Cervical cancer prevention and HPV
- Maximising the impact of cervical cancer control policies
- HPV vaccination in black and minority ethnic groups
- Psychological impact of primary HPV screening (PIPS)
- Non-speculum HPV testing to increase cervical screening uptake in older women
- Understanding anxiety and attendance at HPV primary cervical screening
- Understanding cervical screening non-attendance in older women from hard to reach groups
Colorectal cancer screening
- Colorectal cancer screening uptake
- Annual reminders for Bowel Scope Screening
- Faecal Immunochemical Testing (FIT) for follow-up
- Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Flexible Sigmoidoscopy screening: monitoring patient reported experience of the NHS Bowel Scope Screening Programme for surveillance and quality improvement
- Identifying demographic and psychosocial predictors of Flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel-scope) screening (Flexi-Quest)
- Using Primary Care to increase uptake of bowel scope screening in Yorkshire (Funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research).
- GP endorsed annual reminders to increase participation in bowel scope screening
Lung cancer screening
- The Lung Screen Uptake Trial (LSUT)
- Addressing the information needs of CT lung screening participants
- Patient experiences of and psychological responses to lung cancer screening (PEOPLE)
Current PhD projects
- Promoting uptake of flexible sigmoidscopy 'Bowel Scope' screening at St. Mark's Hospital in London (Robert Kerrison)
- Cancer screening as a teachable moment for risk reduction behaviour (Claire Stevens)
- Development and feasibility testing of a tailored pre-treatment swallowing intervention package for patients with head and neck cancer (Roganie Govender)
- Examining peoples' experience with the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Program (Ghalia Kayal)
Current MSc projects
Completed projects
Cancer attitudes and communication
- Ethnicity and beliefs about cancer prevention
- Exploring attitudes towards the European Code Against Cancer (ECAC)
- International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership (ICBP) Module 2
- Health literacy and cancer screening in older adults
Cervical cancer prevention and HPV
Colorectal cancer screening
- Optimising Radiological Bowel Imaging Tests (ORBIT)
- Health literacy and colorectal cancer screening prevention
- Strategies to reduce the social gradient in uptake of bowel cancer screening: four randomised control trials (ASCEND)
- Text Reminders In Colorectal Cancer Screening (TRICCS)
- Flexi-Guide
Lung cancer screening
- Publications
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