Carey P, Sloper P, Charlton A, While D
Cancer Research Campaign Education and Child Studies Research Group, University of Manchester, United Kingdom.
J Cancer Educ. 1995 Spring;10(1):48-52. doi: 10.1080/08858199509528328.
Many adult behaviors and attitudes develop in early childhood. There is a growing acceptance of the need for health education of children of primary school age. Cancer is an important topic within health education, and this study was designed to assess the level of cancer education in schools. Data were collected from a randomly selected sample of over 1,000 teachers of children in primary school years 3-6 (ages 7-11 years). Cancer had been taught about by 18% of the sample, and their pupils' ages had no significant effect on whether they had taught about cancer. Cancer was most often taught about in response to a real-life situation, and the majority of the teachers did not use cancer education resources to help them. The study sought to ascertain why so many teachers had taught about cancer. It appears that concerns over their own lack of personal knowledge, and a perceived lack of resources, were the most common reasons. The young age of the pupils was also a deterrent to cancer education, especially among the teachers of the younger pupils. The results indicate various interventions that may increase the level of primary-school-based cancer education. These include improving teachers' awareness of cancer education issues and providing appropriate cancer education resources.
许多成人的行为和态度在幼儿期就已形成。小学适龄儿童的健康教育需求越来越受到认可。癌症是健康教育中的一个重要主题，本研究旨在评估学校中的癌症教育水平。数据收集自从小学三至六年级（7至11岁）的1000多名儿童教师中随机抽取的样本。样本中有18%的教师讲授过癌症相关知识，且他们所教学生的年龄对他们是否讲授过癌症知识没有显著影响。癌症知识大多是在应对现实生活情况时讲授的，而且大多数教师没有使用癌症教育资源来辅助教学。该研究试图确定为何有如此多教师讲授过癌症知识。似乎对自身知识匮乏的担忧以及认为资源不足是最常见的原因。学生年龄小也是癌症教育的一个阻碍，尤其是在教低年级学生的教师中。研究结果表明了各种可能提高小学阶段癌症教育水平的干预措施。这些措施包括提高教师对癌症教育问题的认识并提供适当的癌症教育资源。
