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Sociodemographics and their impacts on risk factor awareness and beliefs about cancer and screening: results from a cross-sectional study in Newfoundland and Labrador Shi, Fuyan; Shaver, Lance G; Kong, Yujia; Yi, Yanqing; Aubrey-Bassler, Kris; Asghari, Shabnam; Etchegary, Holly; Adefemi, Kazeem; Wang, Peizhong P

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Background: Our objective was to examine cancer risk factor awareness and beliefs about cancer treatment, outcomes, and screening, and how these are mediated by sociodemographic variables, among Newfoundland and Labrador residents. Methods: Participants aged 35 to 74 were recruited through Facebook advertising, and a self-administered online questionnaire was used to collect data. Descriptive statistics, Spearman rank correlations, and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed. Results: Of the 1048 participants who responded and met the inclusion criteria for this study, 1019 were selected for this analysis. Risk factor recognition was generally good, though several risk factors had poor awareness: being over 70 years old (53.4% respondents aware), having a low-fiber diet (65.0%), and drinking more than 1 unit of alcohol per day (62.8%). Our results showed that the participants’ awareness of risk factors was significantly associated with higher income level (rs = 0.237, P 

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Sociodemographics and their impacts on risk factor awareness and beliefs about cancer and screening: results from a cross-sectional study in Newfoundland and Labrador
Creator
Shi, Fuyan; Shaver, Lance G; Kong, Yujia; Yi, Yanqing; Aubrey-Bassler, Kris; Asghari, Shabnam; Etchegary, Holly; Adefemi, Kazeem; Wang, Peizhong P
Publisher
BioMed Central
Date Issued
2020-10-06
Description
Background: Our objective was to examine cancer risk factor awareness and beliefs about cancer treatment, outcomes, and screening, and how these are mediated by sociodemographic variables, among Newfoundland and Labrador residents. Methods: Participants aged 35 to 74 were recruited through Facebook advertising, and a self-administered online questionnaire was used to collect data. Descriptive statistics, Spearman rank correlations, and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed. Results: Of the 1048 participants who responded and met the inclusion criteria for this study, 1019 were selected for this analysis. Risk factor recognition was generally good, though several risk factors had poor awareness: being over 70 years old (53.4% respondents aware), having a low-fiber diet (65.0%), and drinking more than 1 unit of alcohol per day (62.8%). Our results showed that the participants’ awareness of risk factors was significantly associated with higher income level (rs = 0.237, P 
Subject
Newfoundland and Labrador; Cancer; Awareness and beliefs; Risk factors; Health behaviours
Genre
Article
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2020-10-08
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
DOI
10.14288/1.0394724
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/76272
Affiliation
Medicine, Faculty of; Non UBC
Citation
BMC Public Health. 2020 Oct 06;20(1):1513
Publisher DOI
10.1186/s12889-020-09616-2
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Copyright Holder
The Author(s)
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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