Friedman L C, Bruce S, Weinberg A D, Cooper H P, Yen A H, Hill M
Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Houston, TX 77030.
J Cancer Educ. 1994 Summer;9(2):105-10. doi: 10.1080/08858199409528281.
Data from 384 individuals participating in a worksite skin cancer screening program were used to assess racial/ethnic differences in attitudes toward and practice of prevention and early detection of skin cancer. Caucasians and Hispanics were more likely than African Americans to report having used a sunscreen during the past year. Caucasians performed skin self-examination more frequently than Hispanics, but African Americans did not differ in their frequency of skin self-examination from the other two groups. African Americans and Hispanics reported that they would be less likely than Caucasians to seek immediate follow-up care for suspicious skin lesions. Both similarities and differences were found in a variety of health belief variables across the three groups. These findings suggest a need for intensified efforts at primary and secondary prevention of skin cancer among African Americans.
来自384名参与工作场所皮肤癌筛查项目的个体的数据，被用于评估在皮肤癌预防和早期检测的态度及实践方面的种族/民族差异。在过去一年中，白人和西班牙裔比非裔美国人更有可能报告使用过防晒霜。白人进行皮肤自我检查的频率比西班牙裔更高，但非裔美国人在皮肤自我检查频率上与其他两组没有差异。非裔美国人和西班牙裔报告称，比起白人，他们不太可能因可疑的皮肤病变而寻求立即的后续治疗。在这三组人群的各种健康信念变量中，既有相似之处，也有不同之处。这些发现表明，有必要加大对非裔美国人皮肤癌一级和二级预防的力度。
