As a postscript, I have a Keanu theory that may go a little way to ease the guiltiness of the pleasure for viewers of The Lake House: considering his inability to keep the truth of his essential self from the screen, might there not be something of the Cassavetes ideal at work here: an authenticity to his on-screen behaviour that is more real than most slick, Hollywood acting?
However, we cannot predict the effect on screening behaviour or attitudes among a better educated population.
Socioeconomic deprivation is known to have a very strong influence on screening behaviour.
Taken together, this seems to indicate that having a bowel/digestive-related disease has a positive impact on screening behaviour.
The effect of false-positive referral on screening behaviour might also depend on the general attitude of women towards screening and higher participation rates may reflect greater confidence in the benefit of screening.
In addition, studies on screening behaviour of physicians report that GPs believe in the benefits of PSA screening, which is probably one of the reasons why they commonly initiate it [ 13, 17, 35].
Further, some studies use a retrospective design relying on self-reports of previous screening as their sole measure of screening behaviour.
During 7 sessions with two-week intervals, the adolescents received education on healthy dietary behaviour, screen behaviour and physical activity.
Future research targeted at particular communities could further explore culturally-specific influences on hepatitis screening behaviour.
The effect of celebrities' diagnoses on cancer screening behaviour is well established (Chapman et al, 2005; Larson et al, 2005).
Genetic testing has not been observed to motivate smoking cessation in a community setting [ 20] and its effects on cancer screening behaviour has been contradictory [ 21].
