caa a22 4500 469048735 CHVBK 20180323132824.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19920601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01324404 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01324404 How sources of health information relate to knowledge and use of cancer screening exams [Elektronische Daten] [Helen Meissner, Arnold Potosky, Rena Convissor] Utilization of many screening procedures to detect cancer in early stages remains low. In order to design more effective strategies to increase utilization of these tests, we assessed the role and relative importance of different information sources on knowledge and use of cancer screening exams. Where individuals get useful information about disease prevention, and the relationship of information sources to cancer screening knowledge and behavior are reported using data from the 1987 National Health Interview Survey. Results indicate that physicians are perceived as important sources of information on how to prevent illness. However, persons who use print media as their most useful source of information are significantly more likely to have heard of cancer screening procedures than those who rely on the doctor as the source. Those who rely on electronic media tend to be less knowledgeable of all screening procedures examined. A strong and consistent association between doctor as the most useful source of information and actually having received the procedure was found. These results suggest that knowledge may not necessarily be a prerequisite to screening and indicate that reliance on the physician to recommend cancer screening may be critical in utilization of these services. Human Sciences Press, Inc., 1992 Meissner Helen Public Health Applications Research Branch, National Cancer Institute, Executive Plaza North, Room 241, 9000 Rockville Pike, 20892, Bethesda, MD, USA aut Potosky Arnold aut Convissor Rena aut Journal of Community Health Kluwer Academic Publishers-Human Sciences Press 17/3(1992-06-01), 153-165 0094-5145 17:3<153 1992 17 10900 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01324404 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01324404 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Meissner Helen Public Health Applications Research Branch, National Cancer Institute, Executive Plaza North, Room 241, 9000 Rockville Pike, 20892, Bethesda, MD, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Potosky Arnold aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Convissor Rena aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Community Health Kluwer Academic Publishers-Human Sciences Press 17/3(1992-06-01), 153-165 0094-5145 17:3<153 1992 17 10900 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer