Attitudes to XXXX screening after reading the prevention information.

@entity5 @entity1 @entity148 @entity14
Some of the biggest barriers to increase @entity14 screening are negative attitudes to screening tests. These negative attitudes might be evoked through reading @entity5 prevention information and impede the decision to get screened. Forty-two adults aged >= 50  years completed a 12-item attitude questionnaire after reading @entity14 prevention information. African-Americans perceived that others had higher @entity5 risk than themselves whereas Caucasians did not show the difference. Regardless of ethnicity and adherence to screening guidelines, no @entity1 had strong feelings of fear and embarrassment. However, non-adherent Caucasians had higher @entity148 than adherent Caucasians. The degree of negativity was not associated with intention to get screened in non-adherent @entity1 . Adequate health literacy of @entity1 may account for flat responses in negative attitudes. Further research in individuals with limited health literacy is recommended. Moreover, additional education about self-relevance of @entity5 risk is considered necessary to increase @entity5 awareness in African-Americans.
