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KMID : 1152020170010020059
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Journal of Korean Nursing Research
2017 Volume.1 No. 2 p.59 ~ p.70
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The Relationships of Knowledge, Attitudes about Cancer and Health Behavior for Cancer Prevention in College Students
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Cho Mi-Hye
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Abstract
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Purpose : This study was conducted to identify college students’ knowledge and attitude about cancer, health behavior for cancer prevention and to examine the relation between these variables.
Methods : The participants were 575 students from college in J city. The data were analyzed using ANOVA, Scheffe verification and Pearson’s correlation coefficients with SPSS/Win 21.0 program.
Results : The score for participants’ knowledge about cancer was 19.17 point of a possible 30, and their score for attitude towards cancer was 4.22 points of a possible 5, and their score for preventive health behavior about cancer was 3.31 points of a possible 5. There were significant positive correlation between knowledge and attitude towards cancer. Attitude about cancer showed a negative correlation with health behavior for cancer prevention.
Conclusion : The results of this study indicate that the development of an appropriate attitude towards cancer by college students should lead to the practice of health behavior to prevent cancer. This development could be enhanced with structured and on-going education about cancer.
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KEYWORD
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Cancer, Knowledge, Attitude, Health Behavior
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