Be smart against cancer! A school-based program covering cancer-related risk behavior

BMC Public Health

Gerhard Ehninger³  Jürgen Hoyer²  Hendrik Berth¹  Michael Baumann³  Stefan Uhmann²  Nadja Seidel³  Friederike Stölzel³ 

[1] TU Dresden, Medical Faculty, Medical Psychology, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany;TU Dresden, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Hohe Straße 53, 01187 Dresden, Germany;University Cancer Center at the University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany

关键词: Outcome evaluation;    Health protective behavior;    School-based health promotion;    Cancer prevention;    Adolescence;   

Others  :  1131490
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-14-392

 received in 2013-02-28, accepted in 2014-04-04,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Several studies suggest that most school-age children are poorly informed about cancer risk factors. This study examines the effectiveness of the ‘Be smart against cancer’ (BSAC) program in promoting cancer awareness and intentions to engage in health-promoting behavior.

Methods

235 seventh-grade students were randomized to either the intervention (N = 152) or the wait-control group (N = 83). The intervention included the modules: “What is cancer?,” “Sun protection,” “Non smoking,” and “Physical activity, Healthy nutrition, and Limited alcohol consumption.” Outcomes measured at baseline and at the end of the one week BSAC program included knowledge of cancer and its behavioral risk factors, health-promoting intentions, and reported risk behavior.

Results

BSAC was effective in increasing knowledge about cancer and risk factors for cancer (p < .001), as well as in increasing intentions to engage in health-promoting behavior (p < .001), independent of a student’s risk profile. Knowledge did not serve as a mediator for intention building.

Conclusions

The BSAC is an effective school-based program for raising awareness of cancer, associated risk factors and intentions to engage in cancer-preventive behavior. The results indicate that the effectiveness of BSAC is independent of a student’s risk profile. Therefore, it holds considerable promise as a broadly applicable program to raise cancer awareness and promote healthy behavior intentions.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Stölzel et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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