Socio-Economic Inequalities in Beliefs About Cancer and its Causes: Evidence From two Population Surveys.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

People's beliefs about cancer can affect the actions they take to prevent and detect the disease. We investigated socio-economic inequalities in beliefs about cancer and its causes in the general population.

Methods

We analyzed data from the representative probabilistic Spanish Oncobarometer survey (N = 4769, 2020) and the non-probabilistic weight-corrected Spanish Cancer Awareness Survey (N = 1029, 2022). Beliefs about cancer, recognition of cancer symptoms, and recognition of risk factors were measured with the Awareness and Beliefs about Cancer questionnaire. Endorsement of mythical causes was measured with the CAM-Mythical Causes questionnaire. The effects of socio-economic status (SES) were investigated in multiple regression analyses adjusted for age, sex, an

SUBMITTER: Galicia Pacheco SI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11613968 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature