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A Study the Five of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Health Behavior of Major Cancer in Kwang-ju City and It s Adjacent County

The purpose of this study was to investigate the level of knowledge, attitude and practice of health behavior about five major cancer in Korea and to identify correlations with each factors The subjects for this study were 520 persons in Kwang-ju city and its adjacent county. The subjects were recruited between the twenty and sixty-five years old age. The instruments were three types of questionnaires about knowledge, attitude, and practice of health behavior for prevention and early detection of cancer that had been developed by Suh, Soon Rim et. al(1998). The data were analyzed by using the SAS program and included descriptive statistics, t-test ANOVa. and Person s correlation coefficient. The results of this study were as follows: 1. The differences of the score of knowledge according to sex, age, and education level were statistically significant (t=-5,72, p=.000; F=6.33 , p =.000; F=7.83 ， p=.000). The score of knowledge of female was higher than that of male. The score of knowledge of the thirties was higher in stomach and breast cancer, and that of the forties was higher in lung, liver and cervix cancer than those of others. The score of knowledge of college and over was higher than those of the others in stomach, lung, and breast cancer. 2. The attitude about cancer in general perspectives and early detection were not relatively positive. Male had more positive attitude than female in general perspectives (t=3.56 ， p=.004). The twenties had more positive attitude than the others in total score (F=4.78 ， p=.003). The group of college and over had more positive attitude than the others in total score (F=3.47, p=.020). 3. The score of health behavior practice for cancer prevention was relatively moderate. Male performed more preventive health behaviors than female(t=4.87, p=.000), and the twenties performed more preventive health behaviors than the others(F=9.74, p=.000). 4. The score of health behavior practice was positively correlated with the score of attitude(r=0.446 ， p=.000). The results of this survey could be used to develop the educational program as a basic data that facilitate change of client’s belief and attitude. To provide the useful information to client about cancer prevention and early detection, nurses should be recognized client’s knowledge, attitude and practice of health behavior.