Understanding barriers to breast screening: an online survey of non-attenders as part of a service evaluation in the breast screening programme in England
These findings identify barriers that could be targeted to increase screening uptake including increasing appointment availability and proximity, reinforcing the message that breast screening is a female-only environment as well as developing interventions to reduce and manage pain during breast screening.
Authors
- Jacquie Jenkins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4337-8543)
- Sharon Webb
- Jo Waller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4025-9132)
- Stephen William Duffy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4901-7922)
- John Cookson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1345-9859)
- Shuping J Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4362-4230)
- Greg Hutton
- Samantha L. Quaife (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4918-6382)
- Judith Offman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5604-1635)
- Adam R. Brentnall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6327-4357)
- Suzanne Hudson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8898-7433)
- Emma O’Sullivan
Institutions
- Queen Mary University of London (GB)
- Community Care (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-07-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-23691-3
- Primary Topic
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Queen Mary University of London