An Intervention to Increase Breast Screening Uptake

Researchers at the University of Kent in Canterbury have undertaken a study to test whether a cost-effective intervention to increase uptake in the NHSBSP could be set up. Using a simple procedure based on the concept of implementation interventions the researchers asked women to make specific plans for attending for breast screening. They found that by encouraging women to plan for their first round of screening high attendance in subsequent rounds was likely to follow. For the full report see;

An Intervention to Increase Breast Screening Uptake (PDF 123Kb).

Back to key research in breast screening.

The frequency of breast cancer screening: results from the UKCCCR Randomised Trial, European Journal of Cancer, 2002; 1458 - 1464.