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ArticleJournal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education2019

Development of a Measurement Tool to Assess Students' Knowledge and Perceptions About Cancer (SKPaC).

Ana Barros, Luís Moreira, Helena Santos, Nuno Ribeiro, Filipe Santos-Silva

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Article in Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  1. Improving Education About Breast Cancer for Medical Students in China.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2020
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  2. Assessing Cancer Knowledge among Health Students in Portugal.Portuguese journal of public health · 2025
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Ana Barrosi3S - Institute for Research and Innovation in Health, University of Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135, Porto, Portugal.
Luís MoreiraResearch Unit in Education and Community Intervention - RECI - and Health School of Vila Nova de Gaia, Piaget Institute, Alameda Jean Piaget, 4405-678, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.
Helena SantosFaculty of Economics and CIC-Digital, University of Porto - FEP, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-464, Porto, Portugal.
Nuno Ribeiroi3S - Institute for Research and Innovation in Health, University of Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135, Porto, Portugal.
Filipe Santos-Silvai3S - Institute for Research and Innovation in Health, University of Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135, Porto, Portugal. fsilva@ipatimup.pt.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer literacy is currently one of the most important dimensions of cancer continuum. Objective assessment of cancer knowledge in populations remains a challenging field to public health entities. Different evaluation tools are currently available; still, some groups remain disregarded due to the absence of validated instruments. Cancer literacy in adolescents and young adults has been clearly overlooked being a subject that requires new tools to be properly studied. To address this topic, we developed a new instrument and field tested it in a classroom environment for internal reliability, construct, and face validity. "Students Knowledge and Perceptions about Cancer questionnaire" was designed in Portuguese language and adapted to the Portuguese context by a multidisciplinary team. The final version of the questionnaire includes 35 items organized in three sections, encompassing knowledge and perceptions about cancer and socio-biographic data. Cancer experts ensured content validity, while tailoring of contents was refined with high school teachers. Test and retest of the instrument showed a good reliability of the scale and construct validity. Also, the clarity of the questionnaire and suitability to proper evaluate cancer knowledge was consistent between test and retest. The Students' Knowledge and Perceptions About Cancer Questionnaire (SKPaC) showed to be a valid tool to assess adolescents' knowledge and perceptions about cancer that can be used in the educational context.

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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeStudentsSurveys and QuestionnairesAdolescentFemaleHealth LiteracyHumansMaleNeoplasmsPortugalReproducibility of ResultsCancer knowledgeCancer perceptionsHealth educationQuestionnaire SKPaCStudents

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