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dc.contributor.authorOrbell, S.
dc.contributor.authorSzczepura, A.
dc.contributor.authorWeller, D.
dc.contributor.authorGumber, A.
dc.contributor.authorHagger, Martin
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-24T02:22:43Z
dc.date.available2017-08-24T02:22:43Z
dc.date.created2017-08-23T07:21:33Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationOrbell, S. and Szczepura, A. and Weller, D. and Gumber, A. and Hagger, M. 2017. South Asian Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, and Psychological Mediators of Faecal Occult Blood Colorectal Screening Participation: A Prospective Test of a Process Model. Health Psychology. 36 (12): pp. 1161-1172.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/56150
dc.identifier.doi10.1037/hea0000525
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Objective: Although ethnicity and socioeconomic status (SES) correlate with health inequality, efforts to explain variance in health behavior attributable to these factors are limited by difficulties in population sampling. We used ethnicity identification software to test effects of psychological beliefs about screening as mediators of ethnicity and SES on faecal occult blood colorectal screening behavior in a no-cost health care context. Method: Adults aged 50-67 years (N = 1,678), of whom 28% were from minority South Asian religiolinguistic ethnic groups (Hindu-Gujarati/Hindi, Muslim-Urdu and Sikh-Punjabi), participated in a prospective survey study. Subsequent screening participation was determined from medical records. Results: Screening nonparticipation in the most deprived SES quintile was 1.6 times that of the least deprived quintile. Nonparticipation was 1.6 times higher in South Asians compared with non-Asians. A process model in which psychological variables mediated effects of ethnicity and SES on uptake was tested using structural equation modeling. Self-efficacy and perceived psychological costs of screening were, respectively, positive and negative direct predictors of uptake. Paths from Hindu, Muslim, and Sikh ethnicity, and SES on uptake were fully mediated by lower self-efficacy and higher perceived psychological costs. Paths from South Asian ethnicity to participation via self-efficacy and psychological costs were direct, and indirect via SES. Conclusion: SES is implicated, but does not fully account for low colorectal screening uptake among South Asians. Targeting increased self-efficacy and reduced perceived psychological costs may minimize health inequality effects. Future research should test independent effects of SES and ethnicity on lower self-efficacy and higher psychological costs. (PsycINFO Database Record

dc.publisherAmerican Psychological Association
dc.titleSouth Asian Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, and Psychological Mediators of Faecal Occult Blood Colorectal Screening Participation: A Prospective Test of a Process Model
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.issn0278-6133
dcterms.source.titleHealth Psychology
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© 2017, American Psychological Association. Health Psychology. This paper is not the copy of record and may not exactly replicate the final, authoritative version of the article. Please do not copy or cite without authors permission. The final article will be available, upon publication, via its DOI: 10.1037/hea0000525

curtin.departmentSchool of Psychology and Speech Pathology
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