Sachin V Trivedi, Kedra Peterson, Quinten Paterson, Rob Woods
Development, implementation and evaluation of a novel quality improvement and patient safety curriculum in an emergency medicine residency training program
CJEM
health literacy hl considered cancerpreventive strategy addition success early diagnosis cancer largely depends individuals knowledge attitude performance regarding cancer warning signs aim present study investigate potential relationship hl knowledge attitude performance kap regarding cancer warning signs descriptivecorrelational study conducted 280 adults referred 3 health centers tehran iran january march 2020 data collected using health literacy instrument adults helia researchermade kap regarding cancer warning signs questionnaire data analyzed using pearson correlation test linear regression adjusted model statistical package social sciences software total hl score positively significantly correlated knowledge r 035 p 0001 attitude r 017 p 0003 performance r 046 p 0001 moreover controlling potential confounders significant positive relationship found hl knowledge 048 t275 445 p 0001 attitude 017 t265 464 p 0001 performance 062 t265 823 p 0001 seems adults kap regarding cancer warning signs promoted increasing hl therefore greater attention paid individuals hl community health centers designing performing programs improve kap regarding cancer warning signs