Resources
These brochures provide more information on the benefits of regular bowel screening and on understanding your results.
All about bowel screening
This booklet is sent to people invited to take part in the National Bowel Screening Programme, and is available to download here: NBSP All About Bowel Screening
These are available to download in different languages:
Māori
All about bowel screening (PDF, 4.2 MB) |
English
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All about bowel screening (PDF, 4.2 MB) |
Pacific languages
- All about Bowel Screening - Samoa (PDF, 4.3 MB)
- All about Bowel Screening - Fijian (PDF, 4.8 MB)
- All about Bowel Screening - Tonga (PDF, 4.1 MB)
- All about Bowel Screening - Cook Islands (PDF, 4.3 MB)
- All about Bowel Screening - Niue (PDF, 4.2MB)
- All about Bowel Screening - Tuvalu (PDF, 4.8 MB)
- All about Bowel Screening - Tokelau (PDF, 4.2 MB)
- All about Bowel Screening - Kiribati (PDF, 4.8 MB)
- All about Bowel Screening - Rotuma (PDF, 4.2 MB)
Easy Read
- What is bowel cancer? (PDF, 1 MB)
- What is bowel cancer? (Word, 5 MB)
- How to do the bowel screening test (PDF, 2 MB)
- How to do the bowel screening test (Word, 7 MB)
- What is the National Bowel Screening Programme? (PDF, 1 MB)
- What is the National Bowel Screening Programme? (Word, 969 KB)
National Bowel Screening Programme - Quick Guide
This pamphlet provides information on the free National Bowel Screening Programme for people aged 60–74, including information about bowel cancer and symptoms, and the screening test.
This resource is available to view or to download from HealthEd
The Quick Guide is also available in Chinese to download here: NBSP Quick Guide brochure - Chinese
Bowel screening test kit instructions
Participants are sent instructions on how to complete the test when they are sent their bowel screening kit.
These are available to download in different languages:
MĀORI | ENGLISH | SAMOAN |
TONGAN | COOK ISLANDS - MĀORI | NIUEAN |
HINDI | KOREAN | CHINESE |
Posters and flyers
A range of posters and short leaflets are available to view or download from HealthEd.
English
Statement poster (Pacific) - in English
Bowel screening leaflet - English |
Poster (This little test helps find bowel cancer early) - English |
Statement poster (Pacific) - in English |
Poster (A3) | Poster (A3) |
Māori
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Te tātari whēkau leaflet | Poster (This little test) |
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Download poster | Download poster |
Asian languages
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Bowel screening leaflet - Simplified Chinese | Bowel screening leaflet - Hindi |
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Bowel screening leaflet - Korean |