DOI: 10.5255/ukda-sn-9182-1
title: Cancer Research UK COVID Cancer Awareness Measures: Wave 1 and Wave 2, 2020-2021: Special Licence Access
title: Cancer Awareness Measures: Special Licence Access
title: COVID-CAM

description: &lt;p class="x_x_x_x_x_x_Paragraph x_x_x_x_x_x_SCXW231365023 x_x_x_x_x_x_BCX0"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" class="x_x_x_x_x_x_TextRun x_x_x_x_x_x_SCXW231365023 x_x_x_x_x_x_BCX0"&gt;&lt;span class="x_x_x_x_x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_x_x_x_x_SCXW231365023 x_x_x_x_x_x_BCX0"&gt;The Cancer Awareness Measure (CAM) was developed in 2007-8 to address the absence of a validated measure of&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="x_x_x_x_x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_x_x_x_x_AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed x_x_x_x_x_x_SCXW231365023 x_x_x_x_x_x_BCX0"&gt;general public&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="x_x_x_x_x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_x_x_x_x_SCXW231365023 x_x_x_x_x_x_BCX0"&gt;&#160;awareness of cancer&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="x_x_x_x_x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_x_x_x_x_SCXW231365023 x_x_x_x_x_x_BCX0"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="x_x_x_x_x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_x_x_x_x_SCXW231365023 x_x_x_x_x_x_BCX0"&gt;Stubbings&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="x_x_x_x_x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_x_x_x_x_SCXW231365023 x_x_x_x_x_x_BCX0"&gt;, S., Robb, K., Waller, J., Ramirez, A.,&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="x_x_x_x_x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_x_x_x_x_SpellingErrorV2Themed x_x_x_x_x_x_SCXW231365023 x_x_x_x_x_x_BCX0"&gt;Austoker&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="x_x_x_x_x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_x_x_x_x_SCXW231365023 x_x_x_x_x_x_BCX0"&gt;, J., Macleod, U.,&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="x_x_x_x_x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_x_x_x_x_SpellingErrorV2Themed x_x_x_x_x_x_SCXW231365023 x_x_x_x_x_x_BCX0"&gt;Hion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="x_x_x_x_x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_x_x_x_x_SCXW231365023 x_x_x_x_x_x_BCX0"&gt;, S., and Wardle, J. (2009) 'Development of a measurement tool to assess public awareness of cancer',&#8239;British Journal of Cancer,&#8239;101(2), S13-S17.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="x_x_x_x_x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_x_x_x_x_SCXW231365023 x_x_x_x_x_x_BCX0"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="x_x_x_x_x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_x_x_x_x_ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed x_x_x_x_x_x_SCXW231365023 x_x_x_x_x_x_BCX0"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="x_x_x_x_x_x_Paragraph x_x_x_x_x_x_SCXW231365023 x_x_x_x_x_x_BCX0"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" class="x_x_x_x_x_x_TextRun x_x_x_x_x_x_SCXW231365023 x_x_x_x_x_x_BCX0"&gt;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.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="x_x_x_x_x_x_EOP x_x_x_x_x_x_SCXW231365023 x_x_x_x_x_x_BCX0"&gt;&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;CAM data has been collected by CRUK approximately every 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-19. The specific COVID CAM data was collected in two waves which are both included as part of this study.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Further information about the CAM may be found on the &lt;a href="https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/awareness-and-prevention/the-cancer-awareness-measures-cam#CAM_Use3" target="_blank"&gt;Cancer Research UK Cancer Awareness Measure&lt;/a&gt; (CAM) webpage.&lt;/p&gt;