Impact of a Cancer Education Curriculum on Appalachian Kentucky Middle and High School Students.

ABSTRACT: Appalachian Kentucky is disproportionately affected by elevated cancer incidence and mortality rates. This disparity is driven by inequities in health behaviors and social determinants of health including decreased education attainment levels that cause lower health literacy. To increase cancer literacy in the region, a three-part cancer education curriculum was designed for Appalachian Kentucky middle and high school students. This study was designed to evaluate the effect the curriculum had on students' cancer literacy. The curriculum lessons were disseminated to Appalachian Kentucky middle and high school teachers who engaged 223 students with the material. For each lesson, students filled out a 10-question pretest and an identical 10-question posttest. The average and median percent of

SUBMITTER: Hudson-Rose L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10841156 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature