Ana Barros|Luís Moreira|Helena Santos|Nuno Ribeiro|Luís Miguel Carvalho|Filipe Santos?Silva
“Cancer – Educate to Prevent” – High-School Teachers, the New Promoters of Cancer Prevention Education Campaigns
Universidade do Porto|Universidade do Porto|Universidade do Porto|Universidade do Porto|Universidade do Porto
cancer one leading causes death worldwide thus represents priority national public health programs prevention assumed best strategy reduce cancer burden however cancer prevention programs implemented healthcare professionals constrain range educational impacts developed innovative approach cancer prevention education focused highschool biology teachers considered privileged mediators socialization processes training program cancer educate prevent applied teachers able independently develop implement prevention campaigns focused students schoolrelated communities program encompassed different educational modules ranging cancer biology prevention campaigns design fiftyfour teachers empowered develop implement cancer prevention campaigns population five thousands students success training program assessed quantitative evaluationquestionnaires focused teachers cancer knowledge perceptions intervention pretest immediately posttest projects developed implemented teachers also evaluated regarding intervention design educational contents impact students knowledge cancer study presents discusses results concerning training program cancer educate prevent clearly shows significant increase teachers cancer literacy knowledge perceptions teachers acquired proficiency develop deliver cancer prevention campaigns direct impact students knowledge cancer pilot study reinforces potential highschool teachers schools cancer prevention promoters opens new perspective development validation cancer prevention education strategies based upon focused interventions restricted targets students nonhealth professionals teachers