印度尼西亚大学生对遗传学的知识和对遗传检测的态度
Iskandar Hermanto1, Cindy Kurniawati Chandra1, Agustini Utari2,3
1Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, 50275, Central Java, Indonesia.
Journal of community genetics
|June 8, 2024
概括
印度尼西亚的本科生显示,遗传学知识和对基因测试的态度之间存在微弱的正相关性. 医疗专业的专业人员对遗传测试应用表现出卓越的知识和更积极的态度.
科学领域:
- 人类遗传学 人类遗传学
- 生物伦理学生物伦理学
- 公共卫生政策 公共卫生政策
背景情况:
- 人类遗传学的进步需要公众对遗传研究和医疗保健应用的理解和支持,包括遗传测试.
- 印度尼西亚面临着有关遗传学专业人员和遗传疾病管理的政策实施延迟.
- 评估当前的知识和态度对于有效的公众参与和政策制定至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估印尼本科生对遗传知识的水平.
- 评估本科生对遗传检测的态度.
- 探索遗传学知识与印尼对遗传测试的态度之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 采用了横截面研究设计.
- 方便抽样方法用于招募1596名本科生.
- 在线问卷评估了遗传学知识 (16个真假陈述) 和对基因测试的态度 (27个利克特尺度陈述).
主要成果:
- 与医疗保健相关专业的本科生与科学/技术和社会/人文领域的学生相比,表现出更高的遗传学知识得分.
- 医疗专业的学生对基因检测的整体态度也表现出更积极的态度.
- 在遗传学知识和对遗传测试的态度之间发现了微弱的正相关性 (皮尔森r=0.206,p<0.001).
结论:
- 与医疗保健相关的专业拥有更好的遗传学知识,对遗传检测有更有利的态度.
- 这些发现突显出需要在印度尼西亚所有本科学科中改善遗传学教育.
- 解决知识差距和培养积极态度对于负责任地实施遗传技术和政策至关重要.
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