A Brief Educational Intervention Enhances Basic Cancer Literacy Among Kentucky Middle and High School Students.

ABSTRACT: Kentucky experiences the highest overall cancer incidence and mortality rates in the USA with the greatest burden in the eastern, Appalachian region of the state. Cancer disparities in Kentucky are driven in part by poor health behaviors, poverty, lack of health care access, low education levels, and low health literacy. Individuals with inadequate health literacy are less likely to participate in preventive measures such as obtaining screenings and making healthy lifestyle choices, thus increasing their chances of developing and dying from cancer. By increasing cancer literacy among youth and adults, it may be possible to decrease cancer disparities across Kentucky. This study aimed to establish connections with middle and high schools in Kentucky that would facilitate pilot implementatio

SUBMITTER: Hudson L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7388006 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature