title: A survey of industries and colorectal cancer screening of employees in the East Midlands of England.
abstract: The number of industries in the East Midlands of England who were prepared to enroll their employees in a scheme to detect colorectal cancer by faecal occult blood testing was investigated. Company directors were asked if they would supply a list of their employees over the age of 40 years and allow a research team to give a 15 min talk at the workplace. Forty-nine per cent of firms responded to the questionnaire and 27% of businesses were prepared to enroll. There was no difference in mean total employees between firms willing and unwilling to participate (unpaired t-test, P > 0.05). The commonest reason given by managers rejecting the scheme was that they did not believe the workforce would be interested.
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterology Research Unit, Leicester General Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Hart
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Wicks
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Mayberry
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D016272:Occupational Health; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires