Bowel Cancer Screening Tests: Lack of Participation Among 50-74 Age Groups
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Among the different public health issues that are prevalent in Australia, if the fatality risk
is considered, bowel cancer unequivocally present the second highest risk for fatality in the
Australian demographics. As reported in the Australian statistics and survey reports, the second
most commonly reported cancer is bowel cancer which has caused more than 4500 deaths in the
nation in the past year. Along with that, I would to mention in this presentation that the incidence
rate of the diseases in the year of 2017 had been 16500, and it will not take much effort for he
incidence rates to spike up to more than 17000 in the year of 2018. Hence, the importance for
early detection and diligent screening is crucial to address this particular public health priority.
Hence, in this video presentation I would like to focus on the issue of lack of participation among
the 50-74 age groups that receive free bowel cancer screening tests.
First and foremost I would like to highlight the media article which has given me the
inkling on this issue to focus on for this video presentation. The trusted ABC news had published
as article on how the Australians are too busy for the bowel cancer screening tests and why they
should start making time. I would like say that despite the government’s honest effort to reduce
the percentage of bowel cancer victims, only 39% of the target population has responded
positively. The article states that the awareness among the Australians, specially the middle aged
to older groups, have a very low awareness regarding the bowel cancer statistics and how to
prevent or manage it properly. More than 40% of the people that receive the screening test kits
have reported to not have the time to complete the screening tests, however I beg to differ. There
are various different factors associated with the lack of participation towards the screening and in
the next section I will elaborate on all the factors associated with this scenario.
First and foremost the bowel cancer screening tests require dealing with faeces, and this
is considered unpleasant and uncomfortable among the target population due to a combination of
Among the different public health issues that are prevalent in Australia, if the fatality risk
is considered, bowel cancer unequivocally present the second highest risk for fatality in the
Australian demographics. As reported in the Australian statistics and survey reports, the second
most commonly reported cancer is bowel cancer which has caused more than 4500 deaths in the
nation in the past year. Along with that, I would to mention in this presentation that the incidence
rate of the diseases in the year of 2017 had been 16500, and it will not take much effort for he
incidence rates to spike up to more than 17000 in the year of 2018. Hence, the importance for
early detection and diligent screening is crucial to address this particular public health priority.
Hence, in this video presentation I would like to focus on the issue of lack of participation among
the 50-74 age groups that receive free bowel cancer screening tests.
First and foremost I would like to highlight the media article which has given me the
inkling on this issue to focus on for this video presentation. The trusted ABC news had published
as article on how the Australians are too busy for the bowel cancer screening tests and why they
should start making time. I would like say that despite the government’s honest effort to reduce
the percentage of bowel cancer victims, only 39% of the target population has responded
positively. The article states that the awareness among the Australians, specially the middle aged
to older groups, have a very low awareness regarding the bowel cancer statistics and how to
prevent or manage it properly. More than 40% of the people that receive the screening test kits
have reported to not have the time to complete the screening tests, however I beg to differ. There
are various different factors associated with the lack of participation towards the screening and in
the next section I will elaborate on all the factors associated with this scenario.
First and foremost the bowel cancer screening tests require dealing with faeces, and this
is considered unpleasant and uncomfortable among the target population due to a combination of
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