Latin America and the Caribbean Code Against Cancer 1st edition: Formative research on the comprehension and persuasiveness of the recommendations by the general population.

Autor: Lemos M; Escuela de Artes y Humanidades, Universidad EAFIT, Medellín, Colombia., Restrepo J; Escuela de Artes y Humanidades, Universidad EAFIT, Medellín, Colombia., Espina C; International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO), Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch, 25 avenue Tony Garnier CS 90627, 69366 CEDEX 07 Lyon, France., Feliu A; International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO), Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch, 25 avenue Tony Garnier CS 90627, 69366 CEDEX 07 Lyon, France., Ferreccio C; Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Salud Pública, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases (ACCDiS), Santiago, Chile., Garcés-Palacio IC; Grupo de Epidemiología, Facultad Nacional de Salud Pública, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia., Jurberg C; Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation and Carlos Chagas Filho Foundation for Research Support of Rio de Janeiro State (FAPERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil., de Albuquerque Melo F; Instituto de Comunicação e Informação Científica e Tecnológica, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, Brasil., Cornejo-Ovalle M; Facultad de Odontología. Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile., Arrossi S; Centre for the Study of State and Society, National Council for Scientific and Technical Research, Buenos Aires, Argentina., Murillo R; Centro Javeriano de Oncología - Hospital Universitario San Ignacio - Facultad de Medicina - Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia., Acosta Pérez E; Universidad de Puerto Rico Recinto de Ciencias Médicas, Puerto Rico., Venegas G; Clínica Angloamericana Lima-Peru - Facultad de medicina, Universidad de Piura, Lima, Peru., Finck C; Departamento de Psicología Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. Electronic address: cfinck@uniandes.edu.co.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Cancer epidemiology [Cancer Epidemiol] 2023 Oct; Vol. 86 Suppl 1, pp. 102456. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Oct 16.
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2023.102456
Abstrakt: Background: Cancer prevention is the most efficient and cost-effective strategy in cancer control. One prevention strategy is giving credible, clear, and evidence-based recommendations to the individual; however, it is key that these messages are accepted and understood properly by the public. This study aimed to pilot the draft recommendations developed as part of the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Code Against Cancer 1st edition, in terms of comprehension and persuasion of each message.
Methods: A mixed method two-wave study, in which two versions of the messages were presented to the general population in five LAC countries. We used an ad-hoc questionnaire and interviews that followed the cognitive-pretesting methodology.
Results: Findings suggest that the messages were generally well understood, especially in Spanish speaking countries, and that the messages were generally more understandable than persuasive. We adapted and revised the recommendations based on the findings of the first Wave and held a second iteration in the Spanish speaking countries. We observed a better understanding of most messages in Wave 2.
Conclusion: The LAC Code Against Cancer is a valuable tool of well understood messages for the public, with concrete actions everyone can take to prevent cancer. Further research should assess particularities of the region for further efficient dissemination of these important health messages, identify key messages for certain population groups and future interventions that strengthen health literacy in rural and less educated populations to increase behavior change.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest Gino Venegas declares to be Speaker of MSD for the HPV vaccine and speaker of Roche for Molecular test for HPV. All other authors declare no conflict of interest.
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