Dallo Florence J, Zakar Tabitha, Borrell Luisa N, Fakhouri Monty, Jamil Hikmet
School of Health Sciences, Oakland University, 2200 N Squirrel Road, Rochester, MI 48309-4401, USA.
J Cancer Educ. 2011 Mar;26(1):139-46. doi: 10.1007/s13187-010-0179-6.
The objective of this study was to examine which factors are associated with increased cancer knowledge among a sample of 866 Arab Americans 40 years of age or older. Individuals were invited to attend a cancer educational intervention and obtain a free cancer health screening. They were asked to complete a precancer and postcancer knowledge survey after the brief educational intervention. Using logistic regression, we found that the intervention increased cancer knowledge and the variables most associated with this improvement were having low education, being unemployed, having lived in the USA for 0-5 years, older age, not having insurance, and not exercising. Our study showed that these interventions may be more effective if tailored to the participant's educational, employment, duration in the US, and health behavior status. Future studies should examine whether cancer screening actually increases after an educational intervention.
本研究的目的是调查在866名40岁及以上的阿拉伯裔美国人样本中，哪些因素与癌症知识的增加有关。邀请个体参加癌症教育干预并接受免费的癌症健康筛查。在简短的教育干预后，要求他们完成癌症前和癌症后的知识调查。使用逻辑回归分析，我们发现干预增加了癌症知识，与此改善最相关的变量包括教育程度低、失业、在美国居住0至5年、年龄较大、没有保险以及不运动。我们的研究表明，如果根据参与者的教育、就业、在美国的居住时长和健康行为状况进行调整，这些干预可能会更有效。未来的研究应考察教育干预后癌症筛查是否真的会增加。
