Cancer Research UK COVID Cancer Awareness Measures: Wave 1 and Wave 2, 2020-2021

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><p>The <span style="font-style: italic;">Cancer Awareness Measure</span> (CAM) was developed in 2007-8 to address the absence of a validated measure of general public awareness of cancer (Stubbings, S., Robb, K., Waller, J., Ramirez, A., Austoker, J., Macleod, U., Hion, S., and Wardle, J. (2009) 'Development of a measurement tool to assess public awareness of cancer', British Journal of Cancer, 101(2), S13-S17.).<br><br>The survey includes measures of awareness of signs and symptoms of cancer, cancer risk factors, age-related risk, screening programmes and potential barriers to seeing the GP. Since then, Cancer Research UK (CRUK) has significantly revised and updated the survey, including a wider range of questions and collecting data online instead of face-to-face. The CAM was also previously known as the National Awareness and Early Diagnosis Initiative Cancer Awareness Measure (NAEDI-CAM).</p><br><div class="x_x_x_x_x_OutlineElement x_x_x_x_x_Ltr x_x_x_x_x_SCXW8049678 x_x_x_x_x_BCX0">
<p class="x_x_x_x_x_Paragraph x_x_x_x_x_SCXW8049678 x_x_x_x_x_BCX0"><span lang="EN-GB" class="x_x_x_x_x_TextRun x_x_x_x_x_SCXW8049678 x_x_x_x_x_BCX0"><span class="x_x_x_x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_x_x_x_SCXW8049678 x_x_x_x_x_BCX0">CAM d</span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_x_x_x_SCXW8049678 x_x_x_x_x_BCX0">ata ha</span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_x_x_x_SCXW8049678 x_x_x_x_x_BCX0">s</span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_x_x_x_SCXW8049678 x_x_x_x_x_BCX0"> been collected </span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_x_x_x_SCXW8049678 x_x_x_x_x_BCX0">by CRUK
</span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_x_x_x_SCXW8049678 x_x_x_x_x_BCX0">approximately every</span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_x_x_x_SCXW8049678 x_x_x_x_x_BCX0"> two years from 2008 to 2019. A COVID specific CAM was developed in 2020 to measure the longitudinal impact of COVID-19 on cancer attitudes and behaviour and understand the contextual influences on cancer attitudes and behaviour during COVID</span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_x_x_x_SCXW8049678 x_x_x_x_x_BCX0">-</span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_x_x_x_SCXW8049678 x_x_x_x_x_BCX0">19.&nbsp;</span></span>The specific COVID CAM data was collected in two waves which are both included as part of this study.<br></p></div>
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<p class="x_x_x_x_x_Paragraph x_x_x_x_x_SCXW8049678 x_x_x_x_x_BCX0"><span lang="EN-GB" class="x_x_x_x_x_TextRun x_x_x_x_x_SCXW8049678 x_x_x_x_x_BCX0"><span class="x_x_x_x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_x_x_x_SCXW8049678 x_x_x_x_x_BCX0">Further information about the CAM may be found on the <a href="https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/awareness-and-prevention/the-cancer-awareness-measures-cam#CAM_Use3" target="_blank">Cancer Research UK Cancer Awareness Measure</a> (CAM) webpage.</span></span><br>
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