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Awareness of Risk Factors for Breast, Lung and Cervical Cancer in a UK Student Population

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The objective of this study is to identify levels of risk awareness for breast, lung and ervical cancer, in a UK student population. A sample of male (N=62) and female (N=58) university tudents, mean age 21.62 years completed a questionnaire identifying which risk factors they knew for each cancer. Analysis of variance was used to compare differences in risk awareness across gender and cancer types. Risk factor awareness was highest for lung cancer (0.78), midrange for breast cancer (0.61) and lowest for cervical cancer (0.47). Women had greater risk factor awareness (0.67) than males (0.57) across all three cancers. There is also significant belief in mythic risk factors such as stress (from 14 to 40 % across the three cancers). Previous research has demonstrated that risk factor awareness increases with educational status, yet even in a university student population, in which the majority of females would have been offered the HPV vaccination, risk factor awareness for cancers is variable. More health education is needed particularly around the risk factors for cervical cancer.

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Judul Seri

Cancer education

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Penerbit

New York : Springer Science+Business Media New York., 2015

Deskripsi Fisik

J Canc Educ (2015) 30:660–663

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

DOI 10.1007/s13187-0

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Tipe Media

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Edisi

(2015) 30:660–663

Subjek

Cancer education

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