MULTIMEDIA CANCER PREVENTION DATABASE

癌症袭击了许多美国人，是美国人的第二大死因 这个国家。对癌症进行了广泛的研究，并具有重要意义 多年来，在治疗方面取得了进展。也许更多 比治疗方法的改进更令人震惊的是研究结果 极大地提高了对致病原因和预防措施的认识 针对多种癌症的测量方法。在某些情况下，比如 关于吸烟和肺癌的关系，非常大 人们可以通过以下方式极大地降低感染疾病的机会 改变一个人的生活方式。在其他情况下，证据不是 可以肯定的是，人口不是那么多，或者影响不是那么显著， 但目前仍存在有效的预防信息。总体而言， 相对较少的预防措施可以降低癌症的发病率 少量到非常大的数额对于许多类型的 癌症。如果有很大一部分人服用这些药物 如果采取这些措施，对我们社会健康的影响将是巨大的。这个 关于癌症预防措施的信息肯定还没有 普遍适用。在某些情况下，这是由于缺乏知识，在 其他人则不愿改变生活方式，即使有证据也是如此。 这个项目描述了一个主动信息的生成 一种基于PC和光盘技术的互动演示方法 这可能会鼓励用户的行为改变 比传统的被动信息提供程度更高 技巧。

Cancer strikes many Americans and is the second largest cause of death in this country. Extensive research is done on cancer, and significant advances in treatment have been made over the years. Perhaps even more startling than the improvements in treatments have been research results that have greatly enhanced knowledge of the causes of, and preventive measures for, many types of cancer. In some situations, such as that concerning the relationship between smoking and lung cancer, very large populations can drastically reduce their chances of getting a disease by making a single lifestyle change. In other situations the evidence is not as definitive, the population not as large, or the effect not as striking, but there yet exists valid prevention information. Overall, taking a relatively few preventive measures can reduce cancer incidence from a slight amount to a very large amount for a significant number of types of cancer. If a large proportion of the population were to take these measures, the impact on the health of our society would be immense. The information about cancer preventive measures is certainly not yet universally applied. In some cases that is due to lack of knowledge, in others to a reluctance to make lifestyle changes even given the evidence. This project describes the generation of an active information presentation method, based on PC and CD- ROM technology, that interacts with the user and that has the potential to encourage behavioral change to a greater degree than conventional passive information provision techniques.