Poor health literacy associated with stronger perceived barriers to breast cancer screening and overestimated breast cancer risk

Low health literacy (HL) is negatively associated with mammography screening uptake. However, evidence of the links between poor HL and low mammography screening participation is scarce.

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Main Authors:	Poon, Paul K. M., Tam, King Wa, Lam, Thomas Y. T., Luk, Arthur K. C., Chu, Winnie C. W., Cheung, Polly, Wong, Samuel Y. S., Sung, Joseph Jao Yiu
Other Authors:	Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
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Language:	English
Published:	2023
Subjects:	Science::Medicine Risk Perception Cancer Screening
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10356/169378
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spelling	sg-ntu-dr.10356-1693782023-07-23T15:38:22Z Poor health literacy associated with stronger perceived barriers to breast cancer screening and overestimated breast cancer risk Poon, Paul K. M. Tam, King Wa Lam, Thomas Y. T. Luk, Arthur K. C. Chu, Winnie C. W. Cheung, Polly Wong, Samuel Y. S. Sung, Joseph Jao Yiu Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) Science::Medicine Risk Perception Cancer Screening Low health literacy (HL) is negatively associated with mammography screening uptake. However, evidence of the links between poor HL and low mammography screening participation is scarce. Published version The multi-cancer screening program is funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust. 2023-07-17T05:02:15Z 2023-07-17T05:02:15Z 2023 Journal Article Poon, P. K. M., Tam, K. W., Lam, T. Y. T., Luk, A. K. C., Chu, W. C. W., Cheung, P., Wong, S. Y. S. & Sung, J. J. Y. (2023). Poor health literacy associated with stronger perceived barriers to breast cancer screening and overestimated breast cancer risk. Frontiers in Oncology, 12, 1053698-. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2022.1053698 2234-943X https://hdl.handle.net/10356/169378 10.3389/fonc.2022.1053698 36686831 2-s2.0-85146498376 12 1053698 en Frontiers in Oncology © 2023 Poon, Tam, Lam, Luk, Chu, Cheung, Wong and Sung. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. application/pdf
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spellingShingle	Science::Medicine Risk Perception Cancer Screening Poon, Paul K. M. Tam, King Wa Lam, Thomas Y. T. Luk, Arthur K. C. Chu, Winnie C. W. Cheung, Polly Wong, Samuel Y. S. Sung, Joseph Jao Yiu Poor health literacy associated with stronger perceived barriers to breast cancer screening and overestimated breast cancer risk
description	Low health literacy (HL) is negatively associated with mammography screening uptake. However, evidence of the links between poor HL and low mammography screening participation is scarce.
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author_facet	Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) Poon, Paul K. M. Tam, King Wa Lam, Thomas Y. T. Luk, Arthur K. C. Chu, Winnie C. W. Cheung, Polly Wong, Samuel Y. S. Sung, Joseph Jao Yiu
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title	Poor health literacy associated with stronger perceived barriers to breast cancer screening and overestimated breast cancer risk
title_short	Poor health literacy associated with stronger perceived barriers to breast cancer screening and overestimated breast cancer risk
title_full	Poor health literacy associated with stronger perceived barriers to breast cancer screening and overestimated breast cancer risk
title_fullStr	Poor health literacy associated with stronger perceived barriers to breast cancer screening and overestimated breast cancer risk
title_full_unstemmed	Poor health literacy associated with stronger perceived barriers to breast cancer screening and overestimated breast cancer risk
title_sort	poor health literacy associated with stronger perceived barriers to breast cancer screening and overestimated breast cancer risk
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Poor health literacy associated with stronger perceived barriers to breast cancer screening and overestimated breast cancer risk

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