| Title: | Developing personalised cancer risk information to promote behaviour change |
| Project Description: | The aim of this research was to develop ways of presenting an individual’s modifiable cancer risk and explore the views of the general public and key stakeholders on implementation. |
| Methodology description: | We first used data from UK Biobank to develop risk calculators that allow estimation of the reduction in an individual’s risk of a series of common cancers that could be achieved through lifestyle changes. Using data from those risk calculators we designed different ways of presenting the information guided by existing literature and in close collaboration with members of the public. We then conducted semi-structured face-to-face interviews and focus groups with members of the public and with key stakeholders, including GPs, primary care healthcare teams, GP commissioners and public health officials, to explore their views on presenting personalised risk information about the risk of developing common cancers in general and specifically their views on different representations of that risk and the timing and site of delivery of the information. |
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| Start date: | 1st April 2015 |
| End date: | 1st April 2016 |
| Contact person: | Dr Juliet Usher-Smith |
| Contact Details: | Telephone: (01223) 748693 E-mail: jau20@medschl.cam.ac.uk |
| Collaborative: | Professor Kenneth Muir, University of Manchester Professor Jackie Campbell, The University of Northampton Dr Joanne Warcaba, Macmillan GP, Nene and Corby Clinical Commissioning Group Mr Matthew Walmsley, Public Health England Dr Barbora Silarova, University of Cambridge Dr Artitaya Lophatananon, The University of Manchester |
| Funding information | |
| Funding Organisation: | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) (UK) |
| Funding Reference: | BUPA Foundation Fund – Innovation Grant |
| Funding Amount: | £19,998 |
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| Further Information, References and Publications | |
| Usher-Smith JA, Silarova B, Lophatananon A, Duschinsky R, Campbell J, Warcaba J, Muir K. Responses to provision of personalised cancer risk information: a qualitative interview study with members of the public. BMC Public Health. 17(1):977. doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4985-1
Lophatananon A, Usher-Smith JA, Campbell J, Warcaba J, Silarova B, Waters EA, Colditz GA, Muir KR. (2017) Development of a cancer risk prediction tool for use in the UK Primary Care and community settings. Cancer Prevention Research 10(7):421-430. doi: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-16-0288 Usher-Smith JA, Silarova B, Ward A, Youell J, Muir K, Campbell J, Warcaba J. Incorporating cancer risk information to promote behaviour change for cancer prevention into general practice: a qualitative study using focus groups with healthcare professionals. BJGP 67(656):e218-e226. doi: 10.3399/bjgp17X689401 |
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