Fatalistic Cancer Beliefs and Information Sources Among Rural and Urban Adults in the USA
Fatalistic Cancer Beliefs and Information Sources Among Rural and Urban Adults in the USA
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DOI：
10.1007/s13187-013-0496-7
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发表时间：
2013-09-01
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Choi, Won
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作者：
Befort, Christie A.;Nazir, Niaman;Choi, Won
关于癌症预防的宿命论信念可能是一个人从事癌症预防行为的可能性的重大威慑。农村居民受教育程度较低和获得癌症信息的机会较少可能影响其癌症宿命论水平。本研究的目的是使用2007年健康信息全国趋势调查（n = 1，482名农村居民和6，192名城市居民）的数据，检查农村和城市对癌症预防和癌症信息来源的宿命论信念的差异。结果表明，即使在控制了其他重要的人口统计学相关因素后，农村居民也比城市居民更倾向于支持关于癌症预防的多种宿命论信念。城市居民更有可能使用互联网作为他们的主要癌症信息来源，而农村居民更有可能依赖印刷材料和医疗保健提供者。未来的教育工作，传播相关的和准确的癌症预防信息，以农村居民不仅要考虑信息的访问，但农村文化和宿命的观点。
Fatalistic beliefs about cancer prevention can be a significant deterrent to one's likelihood of engaging in cancer prevention behaviors. Lower education and less access to cancer information among rural residents may influence their level of cancer fatalism. The purpose of this study was to examine rural-urban differences in fatalistic beliefs about cancer prevention and cancer information sources using data from the 2007 Health Information National Trends Survey (n = 1,482 rural and 6,192 urban residents). Results showed that rural residents were more likely to endorse multiple fatalistic beliefs about cancer prevention than urban residents even after controlling for other significant demographic correlates. Urban residents were more likely to use the internet as their primary cancer information source, whereas rural residents were more likely to rely on print material and healthcare providers. Future educational work to communicate relevant and accurate cancer prevention information to rural residents should consider not only information access but also rural culture and fatalistic perspectives.