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ArticleEcancermedicalscience2022

Knowledge and practice regarding the behavioural risks of cancer among college students in Ethiopia.

Foziya Mohammed Hussien, Anissa Mohammed Hassen, Zinet Abegaz Asfaw, Aragaw Yimer Ahmed, Yeshimebet Ali Dawed, Ahmed Hussien Asfaw, Erkihun Tadesse Amsalu, Hamid Yimam Hassen

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Article in Ecancermedicalscience, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Foziya Mohammed HussienDepartment of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Science, Wollo University, Dessie 1145, Ethiopia.
Anissa Mohammed HassenDepartment of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Science, Wollo University, Dessie 1145, Ethiopia.
Zinet Abegaz AsfawDepartment of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Science, Wollo University, Dessie 1145, Ethiopia.
Aragaw Yimer AhmedDepartment of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Science, Wollo University, Dessie 1145, Ethiopia.
Yeshimebet Ali DawedDepartment of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Science, Wollo University, Dessie 1145, Ethiopia.
Ahmed Hussien AsfawDepartment of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Science, Wollo University, Dessie 1145, Ethiopia.
Erkihun Tadesse AmsaluDepartment of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Science, Wollo University, Dessie 1145, Ethiopia.
Hamid Yimam HassenDepartment of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Science, Mizan-Tepi University, Mizan Teferi 260, Ethiopia.
Wollo University · ETMizan Tepi University · ET

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years, morbidity and mortality due to cancer has been increasing in Ethiopia, putting it among the most important public health issues. Cancer and associated complications can be prevented provided that effective interventions are put in place to control risk factors. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the level of knowledge and practice of preventable behavioural risk factors of cancer. We conducted a cross-sectional study among 200 college students in Northeast Ethiopia utilising quantitative methods of data collection. Data on socioeconomic characteristics, health belief variables, knowledge and behavioural risk factors (alcohol consumption, tobacco smoking, physical activity and dietary practice) were collected. The level of knowledge and practice was summarised using descriptive statistics. To investigate the variation in knowledge and practice across sociodemographic characteristics, we performed Pearson Chi-square test or Fisher's exact test. The majority (81.0%) of participants was male and 82.0% were in the age group of 18-24 years. More than half (61.0%) of them had poor knowledge about the behavioural risk factors of cancer. Nearly one-third (30.5%) consume alcohol, whereas 16.0%, 18.0% and 20.0%, respectively, smoke tobacco, consume street food and packed-fried snacks daily. Alcohol consumption (

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