Promoting Cancer Awareness
Promoting cancer awareness, help-seeking for possible cancer symptoms, and participation in cancer screening programmes and reducing health inequalities

20 June 2024
Background
Taking part in national cancer screening programmes and seeking help for symptoms can help to diagnose cancer earlier. Inequalities in screening uptake and help seeking, such as those experienced by people with learning disabilities, contribute to wider inequalities in early diagnosis and cancer survival.
Policy Relevance & Dissemination
There is an urgent need to both: Progress the evidence base for ongoing investment in public health education campaigns and other interventions to improve behaviours conducive to early diagnosis, and: Reduce healthcare inequalities in help-seeking and participation in cancer screening, both nationally and between/within local geographies in line with Core20PLUS5 and the NHS Long-term Plan.Publications, short reports, presentations and events will be used to disseminate findings to policy makers, academics and the public.
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