Professional paper
A programozott emlőrák szűrés elfogadását és elutasítását befolyásoló szociológiai tényezők
Klára Ripp
; Croatian Institute of Public Health , Zagreb , Croatia
Károly Szilágyi
; Croatian Institute of Public Health , Zagreb , Croatia
Ildikó Kriszbacher
; Croatian Institute of Public Health , Zagreb , Croatia
Abstract
Authors have sent questioners to gather informations about health knowledge, family and social situations, opinion about screening to 800 women. Half of them have actually taken part in a breast screening program and half of them did not, even they were invited to. 482 (60%) of questioners were returned. Among those who participated in screening 350 (87,5%), and among those who did not take part, only 132 (33%) returned the form. “Not participating†group had lover education level, and had bad general health knowledge level. There was much higher percent of participation among those who had a positive family history of breast cancer, tried to live a health conscious life and those who live in small villages.Conclusions: to increase participation in screening up to 70% - which regarded to be optimal - health education, providing widespread, readily available, clear, plain language information about screening is very important.
Keywords
breast cancer,breast screening program,health education
Hrčak ID:
297173
URI
Publication date:
7.7.2011.
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