Cancer screening and Learning Disabilities study

The University of Glasgow is conducting a study trying to improve cancer screening uptake among people with learning disabilities.

They are interviewing people with mild to moderate learning disabilities, paid care workers and family carers of people with severe and profound learning disabilities, and professional stakeholders about cancer screening. The aim is to use this information to help make it easier for people with learning disabilities to do cancer screening. The study is funded by Cancer Research UK, and you can read their overview of the study here: A study to improve cancer screening for people with a learning disability (CSID2) | Cancer Research UK

The University of Glasgow are interviewing family and professional carers of people with severe and profound learning disabilities about their experiences of supporting the person they care for to get screened for cancer. The only criteria is that the person cared for is old enough to be eligible for at least one cancer screening programme. That means they must care for a woman who is 25 or older or a man who is 55 or older.

Specifically,  they are looking for:

1-2 carers of women aged 25-49

1-2 carers of women aged 50+

1-2 carers of men aged 55+

All interviews are one-to-one, can take place online or by phone, and last around an hour. They are giving all participants a £30 gift voucher as a token of thanks.