Niksic, Maja, Forbes, Lindsay J.L. (2026) Public awareness of cancer symptoms in the UK: inequality, candidacy and the limits of awareness-based public health strategies. In: Pardo, Italo and Bailey, Simon, eds. Public awareness of cancer symptoms in the UK: inequality, candidacy and the limits of awareness-based public health strategies. For a better Public Health and Healthcare Palgrave Macmillan, Kent, UK (Submitted) (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:115255)
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Abstract
Improving public awareness of cancer symptoms has been a central component of cancer control strategies in the United Kingdom, with the aim of promoting earlier presentation and reducing avoidable mortality. While such initiatives are often framed as universal public health interventions, they assume that increasing knowledge will translate into timely help-seeking behaviour. This paper challenges that assumption and offers a different perspective by examining cancer symptom awareness through the lens of health inequalities and candidacy theory, situating recognition and response to symptoms within the broader socio-economic and cultural contexts of everyday life.
| Item Type: | Conference proceeding |
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| Uncontrolled keywords: | cancer awareness, public health, symptom recognition, inequalities, barriers, candidacy |
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H Social Sciences H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Institutional Unit: | Schools > School of Social Sciences > Centre for Health Services Studies |
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| Depositing User: | Maja Niksic |
| Date Deposited: | 16 May 2026 11:08 UTC |
| Last Modified: | 16 May 2026 15:09 UTC |
| Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/115255 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
University of Kent Author Information
Niksic, Maja.
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 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3101-4953
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Forbes, Lindsay J.L..
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4654-9520
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