约旦人对环境致癌物质和癌症风险的认识
Walaa B El Gazzar1,2, Qusai I Al-Hashaikeh3, Bara' A Al Maslooki3
1Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, The Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan. wallagazzar@hu.edu.jo.
The Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association
|November 3, 2024
概括
约旦人表现出良好的一般癌症知识,但缺乏对特定环境致癌物质 (如石棉和) 的认识. 这凸显了针对性公共卫生运动的必要性,以提高对癌症风险和预防策略的理解.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 癌症流行病学 癌症流行病学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 人类致癌物越来越多地被发现,这使得公众的意识对于预防癌症至关重要.
- 了解可修改的环境致癌物是减少癌症发病率的关键一步.
- 这项研究的重点是评估约旦人对环境致癌物质的认识和一般癌症信息.
研究的目的:
- 评估约旦人口对公认的环境人类致癌物质的认识水平.
- 评估约旦成年人关于癌症原因和预防的一般知识.
- 为有针对性的健康倡议确定有关环境致癌物质的具体知识差距.
主要方法:
- 在18岁及以上的579名约旦参与者中进行了一项横截面描述性调查.
- 一个调查问卷评估了社会人口统计,癌症知识,对环境致癌物质的认识和信息来源.
- 数据分析的重点是知识分数和特定致癌物质的识别,参与者不知道.
主要成果:
- 超过一半的受访者 (55.6%) 表示对癌症有很好的一般知识.
- 然而,对于特定的致癌物质发现了显著的认识差距,包括木尘,亚胺,亚毒素,甲,,石棉,,和.
- 许多参与者无法正确识别传染病原体作为致癌物质或危险因素.
结论:
- 虽然一般的癌症意识相对较好,但约旦人口对许多环境致癌物的具体知识仍然很低.
- 这些发现强调了需要针对性地制定公共卫生宣传计划,以解决这些特定的知识缺陷.
- 卫生当局可以利用这些结果来指导制定有效的癌症预防和教育策略.
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