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17537173

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-6-27
pubmed:abstractText
Since 1998 in Japan, guidelines for cancer screening programs have been developed and revised by a research group funded by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. However, little is known about health professionals' awareness of and adherence to the cancer screening guidelines. Surveys were conducted by mailing questionnaires to two target groups of health professionals: local government officers of municipal cancer screening programs of 3327 municipalities in 47 prefectures (local government officers group; n = 3327) and councilors of an academic society dealing with a mass survey of gastroenterological cancer (expert group; n = 195). The questionnaire contained questions dealing with: (1) awareness of and adherence to the cancer screening guidelines published in 2001, and (2) basic knowledge of and attitude towards cancer screening. We compared the responses of the two groups. The response rate in both groups was approximately 65%. Over 70% of the respondents were aware of the cancer screening guidelines. However, 20% of the local government officers and 35% of the experts thought that non-recommended methods could be used for population-based screening. Fifty-six percent of the local government officers and 76% of the experts responded that there was no problem with using non-recommended methods for opportunistic screening. Almost all health professionals believed that screening was 'almost always a good idea'. Although the two groups' backgrounds differed, both did not sufficiently understand the evidence-based approach for cancer screening. To properly conduct evidence-based cancer screening, it is necessary that health professionals have an appropriate understanding of the guidelines.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1347-9032
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
98
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1241-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Awareness of and adherence to cancer screening guidelines among health professionals in Japan.
pubmed:affiliation
Cancer Screening Technology Division, Research Center for Cancer Prevention and Screening, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan. chamashi@ncc.go.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't