Samuel G. Smith|Lindsay C. Kobayashi|Michael S. Wolf|Rosalind Raine|Jane Wardle|Christian von Wagner
The associations between objective numeracy and colorectal cancer screening knowledge, attitudes and defensive processing in a deprived community sample
University College London|Queen Mary University of London|Northwestern University|University College London|Northwestern University|University College London|University College London|University College London
examined associations numeracy sociocognitive factors associated colorectal cancer screening uptake n 964 nearly half 457 respondents incorrectly answered numeracy question low numeracy low numeracy respondents less knowledgeable colorectal cancer p 001 less positive towards screening emotional p 001 practical p 001 less likely intend participate screening p 001 also reported greater defensive processing cancer information p 001 sociocognitive factors fully mediated relationship numeracy screening intention addressing numeracy issues may reduce inequalities crc screening participation communication strategies could limited tendency process cancer information defensively