围绕巴勒斯坦肺癌引起的神话和误解:现在是干预的时候了吗?
Mohamedraed Elshami1,2, Ahmad Mansour3,4, Mohammed Alser5,6
1Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.
JCO global oncology
|December 12, 2023
概括
大多数巴勒斯坦人对肺癌 (LC) 因果神话的认识很差,只有6%的人表现出良好的认识. 了解这些神话对于有效的公共卫生计划来降低肺癌风险至关重要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 癌症流行病学 癌症流行病学
- 健康信仰 关于健康的信仰
背景情况:
- 对肺癌 (LC) 风险因素的准确知识对于明智的生活方式选择至关重要.
- 关于LC因果关系的误解可能会阻碍预防工作.
- 评估公众对LC神话的理解对于有针对性的健康教育至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估巴勒斯坦人口对肺癌 (LC) 因果神话的认识.
- 识别与准确识别LC神话相关的因素.
主要方法:
- 从2019年7月到2020年3月,进行了一项全国横截面研究.
- 一个修改的癌症意识测量-神话原因尺度被用于数据收集.
- 根据公认的神话,意识水平被分为贫穷 (0-4),公平 (5-9) 和良好 (10-13).
主要成果:
- 在4762名参与者中,只有6% (287) 的人表现出对LC因果神话的良好认识.
- 与食物无关的神话,如身体创伤,比与食物有关的神话更受认可.
- 吸烟和从医院招聘与良好的意识增加的可能性有关,而慢性疾病和个人癌症经历与意识下降有关.
结论:
- 这项研究揭示了巴勒斯坦关于肺癌 (LC) 致病神话的公众意识的重大缺陷.
- 迫切需要有针对性的公共卫生干预措施来解决和纠正这些关于LC原因的误解.
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