ArticleJournal of health, population, and nutrition2011
Assessing awareness level about warning signs of cancer and its determinants in an Iranian general population.
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- Cancer Screening Awareness and Practice in a Middle Income Country; A Systematic Review from IranAsian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2017Pooled it
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- Transcultural adaptation and validation of the Persian version of the breast cancer awareness measure (BCAM) questionnaire.Cancer medicine · 2018Article
- Health information seeking behavior of female breast cancer patients.Journal of education and health promotion · 2018Article
- Relationship between Health Literacy and Knowledge, Attitude, and Performance Regarding Cancer Warning Signs.Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery researchArticle
- Cancer Warning Symptoms Awareness and Associated Factors Among Individuals Living in Assella Town, Ethiopia.SAGE open nursingArticle
- Nursing Students' Awareness about the Warning Signs of Cancer.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursingArticle
- Health Belief Model-based Intervention on Women's Knowledge and Perceived Beliefs about Warning Signs of Cancer.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursingArticle
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Abstract
The present study was aimed at investigating the awareness level about warning signs of cancer and its determinants in an Iranian general population. This cross-sectional interview-based survey investigated 2,500 people aged 18 years and over, as a representative sample of Tehran population. Latent class regression was applied for analyzing data. A small (18.8%) proportion of the respondents had high level of knowledge, and 54.5% had moderate awareness, and 26.7% had low level of awareness. Most effective predictors for awareness were educational attainment, sex, and marital status. The findings suggest that the overall level of knowledge about warning signs of cancer among the public is low, particularly about some specific signs. Accordingly, educational and intervention programmes, with special attention placed on particular at-risk populations, to increase awareness about the disease leading to its early diagnosis are needed.
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