Ramsingh R, Mills C J
Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Qntario.
Chronic Dis Can. 1997;18(1):39-43, quiz 43-4.
The objective of this paper is to assess the impact of the 1994 Workshop on Public Education Messages for Reducing Health Risks from Ultraviolet Radiation (UVR). The target audience was any organization in Canada doing education on the health risks of UVR. A mailed survey with telephone follow-up was distributed to 130 addresses, including workshop participants, recipients of the workshop report and 40 local public health units. The response rate was 62%. Public health messages from the workshop served as an added impetus or helped to initiate activities around UVR in approximately 40% of organizations over the two years since the workshop. The public health messages were used directly in programming by approximately 38% of all organizations responding. However, looking at those who had previously seen the messages, 61% used them directly in programming. Forty percent of those sampled had never seen a copy of the messages. The results suggest the need for improved dissemination of consensus statements.
本文的目的是评估1994年关于减少紫外线辐射（UVR）健康风险的公共教育信息研讨会的影响。目标受众是加拿大任何开展紫外线辐射健康风险教育的组织。通过邮寄调查并进行电话跟进，向130个地址发放了调查问卷，其中包括研讨会参与者、研讨会报告接收者以及40个当地公共卫生单位。回复率为62%。自研讨会召开后的两年里，在约40%的组织中，研讨会的公共卫生信息成为了开展紫外线辐射相关活动的额外推动力或有助于启动此类活动。在所有回复的组织中，约38%直接将公共卫生信息用于项目规划。然而，在那些之前看过这些信息的组织中，61%直接将其用于项目规划。40%的抽样对象从未见过这些信息的副本。结果表明有必要改进共识声明的传播。
