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Awareness regarding risk factors and determinants of cancers among Bahir Dar city residents, Northwest Ethiopia

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  • Getasew Mulat Bantie
  • Amare Alamirew Aynie
  • Yared Mulu Gelaw
  • Ayele Semachew Kasa
  • Meron Asmamaw Alemayehu
  • Koku Sisay Tamirat
  • Gebiyaw Wudie Tsegaye
  • Gizachew Tadesse Wassie
  • Tigabu Birhan Kassa
  • Amanuel Addisu Dessie

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Background: Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the world. Knowing the cancer risk factors could help the policy-makers to design appropriate preventive and control strategies. Objective: To investigate the awareness regarding risk factors and determinants of cancers among Bahir Dar city residents, northwest, 2019 Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was employed. A systematic random sampling technique was carried out to select 845 study participants from May 1 to June 30, 2019. A validated structured cancer awareness measuring tool was used to collect the data. The data were entered into the Epi-data version 3.1 and analyzed using SPSS version 21 software. A simple logistic regression was run, and AOR (adjusted odds ratio) at a 95% confidence interval was used to identify the determinants of awareness regarding risk factors of cancers. Results: Nearly twenty percent of the respondents had a good awareness regarding risk factors of cancers. An orthodox Christian (AOR = 3. 2; 95%CI: 1.8, 5.6), college graduated (AOR = 2. 3; 95%CI:1.1, 4.9), a family member with cancer (AOR = 2. 0; 95%CI: 1.3, 3.3), and living in a rental house (AOR = 0. 6; 95%CI: 0.4, 0.9) were significantly associated with awareness regarding risk factors of cancers. Conclusion: The study revealed that awareness regarding risk factors of cancers was very low in the study area. Being Orthodox Christian, college graduated, a family member with cancer, and living in the rental house were the determinants of awareness regarding risk factors of cancers.

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  • Getasew Mulat Bantie & Amare Alamirew Aynie & Yared Mulu Gelaw & Ayele Semachew Kasa & Meron Asmamaw Alemayehu & Koku Sisay Tamirat & Gebiyaw Wudie Tsegaye & Gizachew Tadesse Wassie & Tigabu Birhan Ka, 2021. "Awareness regarding risk factors and determinants of cancers among Bahir Dar city residents, Northwest Ethiopia," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(4), pages 1-11, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0248520
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248520
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    1. Stéphane Faury & Philémon Aurouet & Bruno Quintard & Jérôme Foucaud, 2023. "A Systematic Review on Reporting of Methods in National Surveys about Adults’ Attitudes to Lifestyle and Environmental Risk Factors for Cancer," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(9), pages 1-22, May.

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