Public knowledge, beliefs and practices in Greece about cancer etiology and prevention.
East Mediterr Health J
; 17(5): 392-7, 2011 May.
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| ID: mdl-21796951
This questionnaire survey of the parents of elementary schoolchildren in Greece assessed their self-reported knowledge, attitudes and practices towards smoking, diet and exposure to X-radiation. A random sample of 403 household units (379 fathers and 391 mothers) was selected from urban areas of Thessaloniki. Half of the parents who smoked (50.1%) did not ask for permission to smoke from other people and 66.0% regularly smoked in front of their children. On the other hand, 82.6% of smokers recognized the existence of a health risk to children from passive smoking. Parents overestimated the role of nuclear tests and accidents as factors in carcinogenesis. Two-thirds of parents did not know the beneficial role of the Mediterranean diet to health, and dietary intake analysis showed some departure from the traditional Mediterranean diet. A reconsideration of the policy regarding health education programmes concerning cancer prevention in Greece is needed.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Fumar
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Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde
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Dieta
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Neoplasias
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
País como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2011
Tipo de documento:
Article