National Awareness and Early Diagnosis Initiative: Cancer Awareness Measure, North East London, 2009-2010

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><p>The <span style="font-style: italic;">Cancer Awareness Measure</span> (CAM) was developed in 2007-8 to address the absence of a validated measure of general public awareness of cancer (Stubbings, S., Robb, K., Waller, J., Ramirez, A., Austoker, J., Macleod, U., Hion, S., and Wardle, J. (2009) 'Development of a measurement tool to assess public awareness of cancer', British Journal of Cancer, 101(2), S13-S17.).<br><br>The survey includes measures of awareness of signs and symptoms of cancer, cancer risk factors, age-related risk, screening programmes and potential barriers to seeing the GP. Since then, Cancer Research UK (CRUK) has significantly revised and updated the survey, including a wider range of questions and collecting data online instead of face-to-face. The CAM was also previously known as the National Awareness and Early Diagnosis Initiative Cancer Awareness Measure (NAEDI-CAM).</p><br>This survey was carried out across Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) in North East London using the nationally validated Cancer Awareness Measure (CAM) tool to measure the levels of cancer awareness in the local populations. <br>
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Data obtained using systematic probability sampling were used to recruit a population sample, appropriately weighted to enable analysis by ethnic group. The survey data were obtained through using home-based face-to-face interviews. The results provide a baseline of current awareness, which will enable targeting of local interventions and evaluation of future policy initiatives aimed at improving cancer awareness in the area.<br>
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The CAM tool was developed by Cancer Research UK and its partners to facilitate accurate and sensitive surveillance of public awareness of cancer over time, identify information needs and monitor the impact of campaigns promoting awareness and early presentation. It is now being used to establish cancer awareness levels more locally across the country. Further information about the CAM may be found on the Cancer Research UK <a href="http://info.cancerresearchuk.org/spotcancerearly/naedi/AboutNAEDI/Researchevaluationandmonitoring/naedi_cam/" title="Cancer Awareness Measures (CAMs)">Cancer Awareness Measures</a> web page.<br>
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<P>摘要版权归英国数据服务（UK Data Service）及数据收集版权所有者所有。</P><p>《<span style="font-style: italic;">癌症认知测量工具</span>》（Cancer Awareness Measure, CAM）于2007-2008年开发，旨在解决缺乏经过验证的公众癌症认知测量工具这一问题（Stubbings, S.、Robb, K.、Waller, J.、Ramirez, A.、Austoker, J.、Macleod, U.、Hion, S. 及 Wardle, J.（2009）《癌症公众认知评估测量工具的开发》，《英国癌症杂志》，101（2），S13-S17）。<br><br>该调查涵盖癌症体征与症状认知、癌症风险因素、年龄相关风险、筛查项目及就医（看全科医生）的潜在障碍等测量维度。此后，英国癌症研究中心（Cancer Research UK, CRUK）对该调查进行了重大修订和更新，包括增加更多问题类型，并将数据收集方式从面对面改为线上。CAM此前也被称为全国癌症认知与早期诊断倡议癌症认知测量工具（National Awareness and Early Diagnosis Initiative Cancer Awareness Measure, NAEDI-CAM）。</p><br>本调查在伦敦东北部的初级保健信托（Primary Care Trusts, PCTs）开展，使用经过全国验证的CAM工具测量当地人群的癌症认知水平。<br><br>本研究采用系统概率抽样法招募人群样本，并对样本进行适当加权以支持按族群分析。调查数据通过家庭面对面访谈获取。研究结果为当前的认知水平提供了基线，可用于针对性制定当地干预措施，并评估未来旨在提高该地区癌症认知的政策举措。<br><br>CAM工具由英国癌症研究中心及其合作伙伴开发，旨在实现对公众癌症认知的长期准确且灵敏的监测，识别信息需求，并评估旨在提高认知和促进早期就诊的宣传活动的效果。目前，该工具正用于在全国范围内更精准地评估地方层面的癌症认知水平。有关CAM的更多信息可在英国癌症研究中心的<a href="http://info.cancerresearchuk.org/spotcancerearly/naedi/AboutNAEDI/Researchevaluationandmonitoring/naedi_cam/" title="癌症认知测量工具（CAMs）">癌症认知测量工具</a>网页上查询。<br><br><B>主要主题</B>:<BR><br>