Kurtz M E, Kurtz J C, Given B, Given C C
Health Care Women Int. 1994 Jan-Feb;15(1):31-42. doi: 10.1080/07399339409516092.
We investigated whether attitudes, intentions, and practices regarding breast cancer screening by mammography and clinical breast examination could be positively influenced through a brief educational intervention administered to women employees at diverse work sites. The educational intervention involved the mailing of American Cancer Society brochures that discussed breast cancer screening and contained guidelines on the recommended frequency for each screening modality according to age. Effects of the intervention were measured through pre/post questionnaires. The results were positive for the entire group of women who participated, as evidenced by their increased perception of the importance of mammography and clinical breast examination and of the priority of getting a mammogram regularly, their decreased perception of mammography as an uncomfortable procedure, and the increased frequency of discussions of breast cancer screening at work. Employers, particularly large corporations and agencies, must realize that by introducing effective work site cancer screening programs they not only fulfill their social responsibility to contribute to their employees' health, but also achieve reductions in health care costs.
我们调查了通过对不同工作场所的女性员工进行简短的教育干预，是否能对她们在乳房X光检查和临床乳房检查方面的态度、意图及行为产生积极影响。该教育干预包括邮寄美国癌症协会的宣传册，这些宣传册讨论了乳腺癌筛查，并包含了根据年龄推荐的每种筛查方式的频率指南。通过干预前后的问卷调查来衡量干预效果。参与的全体女性的结果是积极的，这体现在她们对乳房X光检查和临床乳房检查重要性以及定期进行乳房X光检查优先级的认识有所提高，对乳房X光检查是一种不舒服程序的认识有所降低，以及在工作中讨论乳腺癌筛查的频率增加。雇主，尤其是大公司和机构，必须认识到通过引入有效的工作场所癌症筛查项目，他们不仅履行了为员工健康做出贡献的社会责任，还能实现医疗保健成本的降低。
