Drend Jores|Abdul Rahim Abdullah|Md Mizanur Rahman
ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PREVENTIVE BEHAVIOUR ON COLORECTAL CANCER AND HEALTH LITERACY AMONG THE ADULT POPULATION IN SARAWAK, MALAYSIA
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak|Universiti Malaysia Sarawak|Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
health literacy shown influence preventive behaviour including colorectal cancer relationship however well established malaysia particularly sarawak study aimed estimate level health literacy preventive practice colorectal cancer factors associated crosssectional study conducted sarawak among adults aged 50 years data collected face face interviews using validated questionnaire descriptive statistics used determine health literacy preventive behaviour colorectal cancer multiple linear regression used determine factors associated preventive behaviour colorectal cancer also examine relationship health literacy pvalue 005 considered statistically significant total 829 respondents included analysis mean age standard deviation respondents 5578 501 years large proportion educational background upper secondary school 41 iban ethnicity 324 11 family history colorectal cancer multiple linear regression analysis revealed gender plt001 ethnicity plt005 functional health literacy plt005 knowledge colorectal cancer plt005 appeared significant predictors preventive behaviour colorectal cancer health literacy positive effect preventive behaviour colorectal cancer findings assist designing developing targeted informational campaigns promote preventive behaviour particularly among low health literate group