Dr. Salman Waqar, Former President of the British Islamic Medical Association (BIMA), features in a new ARC East of England video, encouraging the use of culturally tailored approaches to increase cancer screening uptake within the Muslim community.

The video is a part of an ARC East of England project that evaluated the effectiveness of cultural interventions in increasing understanding and attendance of bowel cancer screenings.

Read more about this vital research here.

With NHS England now rolling out at-home bowel cancer tests for individuals over 50, increasing awareness about the importance of bowel cancer screenings is more urgent than ever. The BIMA project hopes to conduct a larger-scale study to explore the acceptability and feasibility of culturally tailored interventions.