Publications by authors named "B C Viljoen"
Background: Population mail-out bowel cancer screening programs save lives through prevention and early detection; however, their effectiveness is constrained by low participation rates. Many non-participants are "intenders"; that is, they intend to screen but fail to do so, often forgetting or procrastinating. This study aimed to co-design interventions to increase screening participation among intenders in the Australian National Bowel Cancer Screening Program.
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- The study highlights the importance of providing quality survivorship information to cancer survivors, who often feel they aren't receiving adequate guidance from healthcare professionals.
- Using a realist review approach, researchers analyzed various published papers from Australia to identify effective ways of communicating survivorship information to adult cancer survivors.
- Six key mechanisms for effective communication were identified, including tailoring information to individual backgrounds, improving provider communication, and using multiple channels to deliver information, which can help clinicians and policymakers enhance survivorship care practices.
The increasing growth of agroindustrial activity resulting in excessive amounts of agriwaste has led to the accumulation of a large quantity of lignocellulosic residues all over the world, in particular in deforestation initiatives for the removal of invasive trees in South Africa. These lignocellulosic residues are rich in energy resources and consist of a mixture of natural polymers based on lignin, cellulose, and hemicellulose. The use of lignolytic fungi such as mushrooms in solid-state fermentation could sufficiently degrade the indigestible lignocellulosic components and add medicinal and nutritional value to otherwise unusable, high-energy waste material, which in turn could yield a new method of producing energy-rich fodder for ruminant animals.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The success of national cancer screening programs, such as the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) in Australia, depends on public participation, which is currently an alarming 43.5% for the NBCSP. Understanding the barriers that impede screening participation requires valid measurement instruments.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEvaluating changes to home bowel cancer screening kits: an end-user perspective study.
Cancer Causes Control
July 2023
Purpose: Many people do not participate in mail-out bowel cancer screening programs due to difficulties using the screening kit. The current study investigated the ways the screening kit could be modified to improve usability.
Methods: 1,109 people evaluated 15 different screening kit modifications.