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Information sharing  

Tailoring and targeting messages for different communities can help increase knowledge, awareness and help reduce barriers to participation.  

 

Evidence

Anastasi, N. and Lusher, J., 2019. The impact of breast cancer awareness interventions on breast screening uptake among women in the United Kingdom: A systematic review. Journal of Health Psychology, 24(1), pp.113-124. Accessed on: January 2024

 

Gough, A., Hunter, R.F., Ajao, O., Jurek, A., McKeown, G., Hong, J., Barrett, E., Ferguson, M., McElwee, G., McCarthy, M. and Kee, F., 2017. Tweet for behavior change: using social media for the dissemination of public health messages. JMIR public health and surveillance, 3(1), p.e6313. Accessed on: January 2024 

 

Plackett, R., Kaushal, A., Kassianos, A.P., Cross, A., Lewins, D., Sheringham, J., Waller, J. and von Wagner, C., 2020. Use of social media to promote cancer screening and early diagnosis: scoping review. Journal of medical Internet research, 22(11), p.e21582. Accessed on: January 2024 

 

Xu, S., Markson, C., Costello, K.L., Xing, C.Y., Demissie, K. and Llanos, A.A., 2016. Leveraging social media to promote public health knowledge: example of cancer awareness via Twitter. JMIR public health and surveillance, 2(1), p.e5205. Accessed on: January 2024