North West Cancer Research - Cancer Awareness Survey 2022

Take 5 minutes to help us in the fight against cancer!

North West Cancer Research is a completely independent charity, dedicated to putting our region’s cancer needs first, funding life-saving research to tackle the cause, improve the care and find the cure for cancer.

We are looking to hear from different groups of people to see how much people know about cancer and to learn about how people might want to know more about how to keep healthy. We have lots of ideas for activities and services and would love to hear from you.

Parts of the survey take the form of a quiz (questions 12-20).

At the end of the survey you will be able to see your results. Feel free to share this with friends and family to test yourself and compare your results!

All replies are anonymous, unless you choose to give us your contact details to keep in touch.

Completing this survey will really help us to design and fund activities that will make a real difference to people's lives.

Any personal information we collect will only be used for the purposes of our research and to share our overall findings. This survey is being managed by our partner Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services.

All responses are stored via password protected access and are held in accordance with our Data Protection policy.

You can edit your responses up to when you submit your survey.

If you have any questions about this survey, please contact us on (0151) 709 2919 or info@nwcr.org.

Thank you for helping us to beat cancer.

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* 1. What is your gender

Male

Female

Prefer not to say

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* 2. What is your age?

Under 18

18-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65+

Prefer not to say

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* 3. What is the first part of your postcode (for example, L5). We don't need to know your whole postcode

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* 4. Which race/ethnicity best describes you? (Please choose only one.)

Black African

White British

Irish

Black British

Indian

White (other)

Gypsy or Irish traveller

Bangladeshi

Arab

Black (other)

Caribbean

Pakistani

Multiple ethnicity / Other (please specify)

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* 5. Do any of these situations apply to you? Tick the ones that do.

I am an armed forces veteran

I have a learning disability or a condition that that effects how I understand things

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* 6. If you were invited to a screening, how likely would you be to go to it?

Very likely

Quite likely

Neither likely nor unlikely

Quite unlikely

Very unlikely

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* 7. Have you ever been invited to a screening and did not go?

Yes

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* 8. What might stop you from being able to go to a screening or see a doctor? Tick all that are most likely to stop you?

I don't have the time

I don't feel comfortable talking about this kind of thing to strangers

I don't know who to talk to

I don't know when I should and should not speak to a doctor

I don't want to waste people's time with my worries

I don't have a doctor

I don't know how to make an appointment to speak to a doctor

Travelling is difficult

Travelling is too expensive

Too many other issues in my life to deal with it

Other (please specify)

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* 9. How would you prefer to get information on cancer in a local campaign? Choose any from the list that you think you would use

Speaking to someone I already know, who has been trained to have the right information

Visits from a doctor in the community

Community events where people can get together to hear about health matters

Leaflets through my door

Having a telephone help line to speak to someone when I have questions

Facebook, Twitter etc

Information sheets/posters in community centres and other community spaces

Getting information by email

A website I can go to

Having health information at other community events e.g. festivals

Being able to get screening kits from a community centre I already use

Visiting labs to see how health research is done

Fun activities for children, including film nights, at which there may also be health information available to take home

Family fun days with activities for the whole family, at which there may also be health information available to take home

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* 10. If you received the services you highlighted in the question above, what impact do you think that might have? Tick all that apply

I would have a better understanding of the risk to those within a different groups

I would know more about the risks of cancer and how to reduce those risks

I would be better able to make lifestyle changes to reduce risks

I would feel more confident about to taking part in screening programmes

I would have better connections with people from my community

I would feel more confident about talking with friends and families around health

Other (please specify)

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* 11. Would you be interested in any of the following?

Getting training about health issues so you can spread the word about it to people you know

Speaking to us in confidence about some of the barriers to cancer awareness and giving your ideas about what might help

If you have answered yes to either of the above, feel free to leave your name and email address so we can get in touch when the time is right. If you'd prefer not to add your contact details here, you can just email us at XXXXX to let us know that you would like to get involved.

The remaining questions are a quiz, to try and find out how much people know about cancer and cancer related matters. You will see your own score once you submit your survey!

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* 12. Which of the following cancers have a screening programme here in the UK? Tick all that apply.

Bowel cancer

Breast cancer

Skin cancer

Cervical cancer

Lung cancer

None of these

All of these

Don't know

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* 13. What age are women invited for a mammogram?

It depends

Don't know

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* 14. How often do women have mammograms?

Every year

Every 2 years

Every 3 years

Every 5 years

Don't know

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* 15. What age range is the national cervical cancer screening service in England?

18-55

21-60

25-64

Don't know

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* 16. At what do people first get sent bowel screening kits?

Don't know

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* 17. How often is someone sent a bowel screening kit?

Every 2 years

Every 3 years

Every 4 years

Don't know

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* 18. Do you think any of these could be a sign of cancer? Tick all you think that are.

A lump or swelling that you don't know why it happened

Pain that won't go away and can't be explained

Bleeding when you don't know why

Not sleeping very well

A cough that lasts longer than 3 weeks

Change in toilet habits that last a long time

High stress levels

Finding it difficult to swallow

A mole that has changed colour or size

A sore which does not heal

Losing weight fast, when you don't know why

Sweating a lot at night

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* 19. Do you think any of these could increase the risk of getting cancer? Tick all that you think do.

Smoking

Stopping exercise

Smoking or another person smoking around you

Not eating enough fruit and vegetables

Using your mobile phone a lot

Being overweight

Having a close family member with cancer

Drinking alcohol

Eating too much red or processed meat

Being older

Feeling unhappy for a long period of time

Having an infection on your private parts

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* 20. Which of these statements are true? Tick all that you think are true:

You are more likely to develop pancreatic cancer if you have type 1 diabetes

You are more likely to develop ovarian cancer if you have endometriosis

Exposure to asbestos increases the chance of you getting lung cancer

You are more likely to develop ovarian cancer if a member of Ashkenazi Jewish community

You are more likely to develop cancer if you eat a lot of chocolate

A white man is more likely to develop prostate cancer than a black man

Using a sunbed under the age of 35 has no impact on your risk of skin cancer

You are more likely to develop bowel cancer if you don’t eat enough fibre

You are more likely to develop breast cancer if you started menstrual periods before age 12 or menopause after age 55.

A ginger haired person has the same risk of skin cancer as a person who is not