Silverman Sol, Kerr A Ross, Epstein Joel B
Department Orofacial Sciences, School of Dentistry Box 0422, University of California, 513 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
J Cancer Educ. 2010 Sep;25(3):279-81. doi: 10.1007/s13187-010-0045-6. Epub 2010 Mar 5.
Sixty-four standardized continuing education courses were given for dentists throughout the ten public health districts of the USA to determine if certain behaviors regarding oral and pharyngeal cancer (OPC) control could be modified. Questionnaires were obtained at baseline and at 6 months along with matched control groups. One thousand eight hundred two general dentists participated at baseline and 988 at a 6-month questionnaire follow-up. Analysis of the data indicated that continuing education courses had a positive influence on participants' oral cancer attitudes, knowledge, and behavior that potentially could make a difference on prevention, early detection, and ultimately OPC control.
在美国十个公共卫生区为牙医提供了64门标准化继续教育课程，以确定与口腔和咽癌（OPC）控制相关的某些行为是否可以得到改善。在基线时和6个月时获取了问卷，并设置了匹配的对照组。1802名普通牙医参与了基线调查，988名参与了6个月后的问卷随访。数据分析表明，继续教育课程对参与者的口腔癌态度、知识和行为产生了积极影响，这可能对预防、早期发现以及最终的OPC控制产生影响。
