Cancer Research UK Cancer Awareness Measures, 2019: Special Licence Access

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><p class="x_x_x_x_x_x_Paragraph x_x_x_x_x_x_SCXW231365023 x_x_x_x_x_x_BCX0"><span lang="EN-GB" class="x_x_x_x_x_x_TextRun x_x_x_x_x_x_SCXW231365023 x_x_x_x_x_x_BCX0"><span class="x_x_x_x_x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_x_x_x_x_SCXW231365023 x_x_x_x_x_x_BCX0">The Cancer Awareness Measure (CAM) was developed in 2007-8 to address the absence of a validated measure of&#160;</span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_x_x_x_x_AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed x_x_x_x_x_x_SCXW231365023 x_x_x_x_x_x_BCX0">general public</span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_x_x_x_x_SCXW231365023 x_x_x_x_x_x_BCX0">&#160;awareness of cancer&#160;</span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_x_x_x_x_SCXW231365023 x_x_x_x_x_x_BCX0">(</span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_x_x_x_x_SCXW231365023 x_x_x_x_x_x_BCX0">Stubbings</span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_x_x_x_x_SCXW231365023 x_x_x_x_x_x_BCX0">, S., Robb, K., Waller, J., Ramirez, A.,&#160;</span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_x_x_x_x_SpellingErrorV2Themed x_x_x_x_x_x_SCXW231365023 x_x_x_x_x_x_BCX0">Austoker</span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_x_x_x_x_SCXW231365023 x_x_x_x_x_x_BCX0">, J., Macleod, U.,&#160;</span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_x_x_x_x_SpellingErrorV2Themed x_x_x_x_x_x_SCXW231365023 x_x_x_x_x_x_BCX0">Hion</span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_x_x_x_x_SCXW231365023 x_x_x_x_x_x_BCX0">, S., and Wardle, J. (2009) 'Development of a measurement tool to assess public awareness of cancer',&#8239;British Journal of Cancer,&#8239;101(2), S13-S17.</span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_x_x_x_x_SCXW231365023 x_x_x_x_x_x_BCX0">)</span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_x_x_x_x_ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed x_x_x_x_x_x_SCXW231365023 x_x_x_x_x_x_BCX0">.</span></span></p><p class="x_x_x_x_x_x_Paragraph x_x_x_x_x_x_SCXW231365023 x_x_x_x_x_x_BCX0"><span lang="EN-GB" class="x_x_x_x_x_x_TextRun x_x_x_x_x_x_SCXW231365023 x_x_x_x_x_x_BCX0">The survey includes measures of awareness of signs and symptoms of cancer, cancer risk factors, age-related risk, screening programmes and potential barriers to seeing the GP.

Since then, Cancer Research UK (CRUK) has significantly revised and updated the survey, including a wider range of questions and collecting data online instead of face-to-face.</span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_x_EOP x_x_x_x_x_x_SCXW231365023 x_x_x_x_x_x_BCX0">&#160;</span></p>