Can the uptake of breast screening by Asian women be increased?
Tanya Hoare, Research Associate1,1 Chris Thomas, Senior Health Promotion Officer2 Andrea Biggs, Health Visitor3 Margaret Booth, Community Nurse3 Sally Bradley, Senior Registrar in Public Health2 Ellis Friedman, Director of Public Health2 1Centre For Cancer Epidemiology, Christie Hospital NHS Trust Kinnaird Road, Withington, Manchester M20 9QL 2Oldham Health Authority, West Hulme Hospital West Hulme Avenue, Oldham OL1 2PL 3Oldham NHS Trust, West Hulme Hospital West Hulme Avenue, Oldham OLI 2PN Dr Tanya Hoare, Senior Lecturer at Department of Health Care Studies, Manchester Metropolitan Univertity, Elizabeth Gaskill Site, Hathersage Road, Manchester M13 0JA. This study investigates the effectiveness of a linkworker intervention, giving encouragement and explanations about breast screening, on the subsequent attendance for screening by Asian women. The control group received no visits. The study population comprised all women with Asian names, from a batch of general practices where high
