Çoban Ayden, Kavlak Oya, Özbasaran Ferda
Midwifery Department, Adnan Menderes University School of Health.
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2010;11(3):773-6.
This study was planned as a descriptive evaluation of School of Health students knowledge and healthy lifestyle behavior related to prevention of cancer. The study has been carried out in Nursing, Midwifery and Health Official Departments at Celal Bayar University School of Health, between November 2007 and January 2008. The subjects comprised 345 volunteer students. The data were collected using a questionnaire covering nutritional status and attitudes related to the prevention from cancer, and results were assessed using the Health Promotion Lifestyle Profile Scale. The mean age was 20.9 ∓ 2.01 years and 22.6% were male. Some 88.4% of the students considered cancer to be a preventable illness and 70.1% of them believed that it could be prevented by healthy nutrition. The mean score of the Health Promotion Lifestyle Profile Scale was 124.8 (SD, 19.9). In conclusion, it was found that students participating in this study have good level of knowledge on cancer prevention. Health behavior was found to be moderate.
本研究旨在对健康学院学生关于癌症预防的知识和健康生活方式行为进行描述性评估。该研究于2007年11月至2008年1月在切拉尔·贝亚尔大学健康学院的护理、助产和卫生管理部门开展。研究对象为345名志愿学生。通过一份涵盖营养状况和癌症预防相关态度的问卷收集数据，并使用健康促进生活方式量表对结果进行评估。平均年龄为20.9±2.01岁，男性占22.6%。约88.4%的学生认为癌症是可预防的疾病，其中70.1%的学生认为可通过健康饮食预防。健康促进生活方式量表的平均得分为124.8（标准差为19.9）。总之，发现参与本研究的学生在癌症预防方面有良好的知识水平。健康行为处于中等水平。
