Myhre S L, Li V C, Guan J H, Wang Z J
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, University of California, Los Angeles 90024-1772, USA.
Cancer Detect Prev. 1996;20(3):223-33.
The global "war on cancer" increasingly depends on public perceptions of primary and secondary cancer prevention and control efforts. Recognition of cancer warning signs, understanding the importance of early diagnosis, and participation in cancer screening programs are partly functions of an individual's attitudes and knowledge. A questionnaire designed to determine present knowledge and attitudes towards a variety of cancer issues was administered to a random sample of Chinese factory workers in two port cities in southeast China. Our findings revealed that, like Americans, Chinese workers are uncertain and ill informed about many cancer issues. this study also demonstrates that cancer risk factors, cancer warning signs, and harmful occupational exposures are not common knowledge among the Chinese lay public. These findings should facilitate future chinese cancer education and control efforts and further the need among health education planners to recognize and appreciate public perceptions and misperceptions of a notably complex disease.
全球“抗癌之战”越来越依赖于公众对癌症一级和二级预防与控制工作的认知。识别癌症警示信号、理解早期诊断的重要性以及参与癌症筛查项目，部分取决于个人的态度和知识水平。我们针对中国东南部两个港口城市的工厂工人随机抽取样本，进行了一项问卷调查，以确定他们目前对各种癌症问题的知识掌握情况和态度。我们的研究结果显示，和美国人一样，中国工人对许多癌症问题也存在认知不确定性且了解不足。这项研究还表明，癌症风险因素、癌症警示信号以及有害职业暴露在中国普通民众中并非常识。这些研究结果应有助于未来中国的癌症教育与控制工作，并进一步凸显健康教育规划者认识和理解公众对这一极其复杂疾病的认知与误解的必要性。
