Level of knowledge, attitudes and interest of Turkish high school students towards cancer

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buir.contributor.authorYıldırım Usta, Ilgın
buir.contributor.authorAteşkan, Armağan
dc.citation.epage887en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber8en_US
dc.citation.spage875en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber79en_US
dc.contributor.authorYıldırım Usta, Ilgın
dc.contributor.authorAteşkan, Armağan
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-27T14:01:31Z
dc.date.available2021-02-27T14:01:31Z
dc.date.issued2020-12
dc.departmentGraduate School of Educationen_US
dc.description.abstractObjective: This study investigated Turkish high school students’ knowledge about risk factors for cancer, their interest in the disease, and their affective and behavioural attitudes towards it. Design: Quantitative survey. Setting: Data collection took place in three private schools in Central Turkey and one private school in Eastern Turkey. Method: Students (N=275; 56% female students, 44% male students) completed a paper-and-pencil questionnaire and described their level of knowledge regarding cancer risk factors, as well as their attitudes and interest in the disease. For data analysis, the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS, v.24.0) was used. Results: Results indicated that most students succeeded in identifying nearly all carcinogenic (except for overweight) and non-carcinogenic risk factors. In addition, while most participants held negative attitudes towards cancer, they typically did not exhibit cancer protective behaviours, and most participants were not interested in cancer as a topic. Conclusion: Exploring high school students’ levels of knowledge, attitudes and interests in regard to cancer may provide curriculum developers with information that enables the development of effective cancer education for Turkish high school students.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0017896920923724en_US
dc.identifier.issn0017-8969
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/75622
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherSage Publicationsen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttps://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0017896920923724en_US
dc.source.titleHealth Education Journalen_US
dc.subjectAttitudesen_US
dc.subjectCanceren_US
dc.subjectHigh school studentsen_US
dc.subjectKnowledgeen_US
dc.subjectRisk factorsen_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.titleLevel of knowledge, attitudes and interest of Turkish high school students towards canceren_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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