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dc.contributor.authorBuykx, Pennyen_UK
dc.contributor.authorLi, Jessicaen_UK
dc.contributor.authorGavens, Lucyen_UK
dc.contributor.authorHooper, Lucieen_UK
dc.contributor.authorLovatt, Melanieen_UK
dc.contributor.authorGomes de Matos, Elenaen_UK
dc.contributor.authorMeier, Petraen_UK
dc.contributor.authorHolmes, Johnen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-26T06:14:26Z-
dc.date.available2017-08-26T06:14:26Z-
dc.date.issued2016-11-30en_UK
dc.identifier.other1194en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/24617-
dc.description.abstractBackground  Public knowledge of the association between alcohol and cancer is reported to be low. We aimed to provide up-to-date evidence for England regarding awareness of the link between alcohol and different cancers and to determine whether awareness differs by demographic characteristics, alcohol use, and geographic region.  Methods  A representative sample of 2100 adults completed an online survey in July 2015. Respondents were asked to identify which health outcomes, including specific cancers, may be caused by alcohol consumption. Logistic regressions explored whether demographic, alcohol use, and geographic characteristics predicted correctly identifying alcohol-related cancer risk.  Results  Unprompted, 12.9% of respondents identified cancer as a potential health outcome of alcohol consumption. This rose to 47% when prompted (compared to 95% for liver disease and 73% for heart disease). Knowledge of the link between alcohol and specific cancers varied between 18% (breast) and 80% (liver). Respondents identified the following cancers as alcohol-related where no such evidence exists: bladder (54%), brain (32%), ovarian (17%). Significant predictors of awareness of the link between alcohol and cancer were being female, more highly educated, and living in North-East England.  Conclusion  There is generally low awareness of the relationship between alcohol consumption and cancer, particularly breast cancer. Greater awareness of the relationship between alcohol and breast cancer in North-East England, where a mass media campaign highlighted this relationship, suggests that population awareness can be influenced by social marketing.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen_UK
dc.relationBuykx P, Li J, Gavens L, Hooper L, Lovatt M, Gomes de Matos E, Meier P & Holmes J (2016) Public awareness of the link between alcohol and cancer in England in 2015: a population-based survey. BMC Public Health, 16, Art. No.: 1194. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3855-6en_UK
dc.rights© The Author(s). 2016 This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.en_UK
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_UK
dc.subjectAlcoholen_UK
dc.subjectCanceren_UK
dc.subjectPublicen_UK
dc.subjectAwarenessen_UK
dc.subjectRisk factorsen_UK
dc.titlePublic awareness of the link between alcohol and cancer in England in 2015: a population-based surveyen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12889-016-3855-6en_UK
dc.identifier.pmid27899099en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleBMC Public Healthen_UK
dc.citation.issn1471-2458en_UK
dc.citation.volume16en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.author.emailmelanie.lovatt1@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.citation.date30/11/2016en_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Sheffielden_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Sheffielden_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Sheffielden_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationCancer Research UKen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationSociology, Social Policy & Criminologyen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationInstitute for Therapies Researchen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Sheffielden_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Sheffielden_UK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000389387600001en_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-84999287850en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid543563en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-0185-6199en_UK
dc.date.accepted2016-11-18en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2016-11-18en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2016-11-30en_UK
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rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_UK
rioxxterms.versionVoRen_UK
local.rioxx.authorBuykx, Penny|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorLi, Jessica|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorGavens, Lucy|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorHooper, Lucie|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorLovatt, Melanie|0000-0002-0185-6199en_UK
local.rioxx.authorGomes de Matos, Elena|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorMeier, Petra|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorHolmes, John|en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2016-11-30en_UK
local.rioxx.licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/|2016-11-30|en_UK
local.rioxx.filenameBuykx-etal-BMCPH-2016.pdfen_UK
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