Health awareness campaigns and diagnosis rates: Evidence from National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Health awareness campaigns and diagnosis rates: Evidence from National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jhealeco.2010.11.005
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发表时间：
2011-01-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Jacobsen, Kathryn H.
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作者：
Jacobsen, Grant D.;Jacobsen, Kathryn H.
提高认识运动经常被用来鼓励医疗筛查，以便早期发现健康问题，但这些计划的有效性仍不清楚。本文评估了全国乳腺癌宣传月（NBCAM）是否导致乳腺癌诊断增加。该分析检查了在NBCAM启动之前和之后的几年中11月（NBCAM后1个月）诊断的数量。我们发现，从1993年到1995年，当乳腺癌的宣传迅速扩大到一个全国性的运动期间，NBCAM导致11月诊断的数量增加。在早期（从20世纪80年代中期到90年代初），当乳腺癌宣传仍然是一个新生的基层运动，在后期，当乳腺癌宣传已经成为一个完善的全国性事业，几乎没有证据表明10月NBCAM事件对11月的诊断有影响。(C)2010 Elsevier B.V.保留所有权利。
Awareness campaigns are often used to encourage medical screening that allows for early detection of health problems, but much remains unknown about the effectiveness of these programs. This paper evaluates whether National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (NBCAM) has led to increased diagnosis of breast cancer. The analysis examines the number of diagnoses made in November (1 month after NBCAM) during years before and after NBCAM was initiated. We find that from 1993 to 1995, the period when breast cancer advocacy was expanding rapidly into a nationwide movement, NBCAM led to an increase in the number of November diagnoses. During earlier periods (from the mid-1980s to the early-1990s), when breast cancer advocacy was still a nascent grassroots movement, and in later periods, when breast cancer advocacy had become a well-established nationwide cause, there is little evidence that October NBCAM events had an effect on November diagnoses. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.