Health and cancer prevention: Implications of the knowledge and beliefs of 15-16 year old school pupils in South Africa

Journal of The Royal Society for the Promotion of Health

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 80-84

  Walker, A R P ^a,d   Walker, B F ^a   Jerling, J ^b   Rossouw, K ^c   Lelake, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Beliefs; Cancer knowledge; Children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CAUCASIAN; DIET; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; SKIN CANCER; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; VEGETABLE;

EID: 0033007483     PISSN: 02640325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146642409911900203     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. AUSTOKER J (1995). Cancer Prevention in Primary Care. London: BMJ Publishing Group, 171
2. BAILAR J C and GORNIK H L (1997). Cancer undefeated. N Engl J Med; 336, 1569-1574
3. BARG F K and LOWE J I (1996). A culturally appropriate cancer education program for African-American adolescents in an urban middle school. J Sch Health; 66, 50-54
4. CUNNINGHAM-SABO L D, DAVIS S M, KOEHLER K M, FUGATE M L, DITUCCI J A and SKIPPER B J (1996). Food preferences, practices, and cancer-related food and nutrition knowledge of Southwestern American Indian youth. Cancer, 78, 1617-1622
5. DILLNER J (1995). British children face changing health risks. Br Med J; 311, 831
6. DWYER J (1993). Fertile field for fads and fraud. Questionable nutritional therapies. NY State J Med; 93, 105-108
7. EDITORIAL (1998). Hard sell on health. Lancet; 351, 687
8. FOULDS J and GODFREY C (1993). Counting the costs of children's smoking. BMJ; 311, 1152-1154
9. HARVARD REPORT ON CANCER PREVENTION (1997). Vol 2, Prevention of Human Cancer. Cancer Causes and Control; 8, S1-50
10. HIGGINSON J and OETTLE A G (1960) Cancer incidence in the Bantu and in Cape Coloured races of South Africa: Report of a cancer survey of the Transvaal (1953-55). J Natl Cancer Inst; 24, 589-671
11. KESSLER D A (1995). Nicotine addiction in young people. N Engl J Med; 333, 186-189
12. KOTZ K and STORY M (1994). Food advertisements during children's Saturday morning television programming: are they consistent with dietary recommendations? J Am Dietet Assoc; 94, 1296-1300
13. LEVI F, LA VECCHIA C, NEGRI E and LUCCHINI F (1997). Decline in cancer mortality in European Union. Lancet; 349, 508
14. McGREGOR A (1995). Young Swiss drinkers. Lancet; 345, 1566
15. MILLER A B (1994). How do we interpret the 'bad news' about cancer? JAMA; 271, 468
16. NIH CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT PANEL ON PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH (1996). JAMA; 276, 241-246
17. OAKLEY A, BENDELOW G, BARNES J, BUCHANAN M and HUSAIN O A N (1995). Health and cancer prevention: knowledge and beliefs of children and young people. BMJ; 310, 1029-1033
18. ORRETT F A, BALBIRSING M and PINTO-PEREIRA L M (1996). Knowledge of cervical cancer in teenage school children in Trinidad. East Afr Med J; 73, 400-403
19. OSLER M, HEITMANN B L and SCHROLL M (1997). Ten year trends in dietary habits of Danish men and women. Cohort and cross-sectional data. Eur J Clin Nutr; 51, 535-541
20. PATTERSON B H and BLOCK G (1992). Improving the American diet. Am J Publ Health; 82, 466
21. POPKIN B M, SIEGA-RIZ A M and HAINES P S (1996). A comparison of dietary trends among social and socioeconomic groups in the United States. N Engl J Med; 335, 716-720
22. RADIMER K L and HILL J M (1996) Nutrition messages on Australian television shows. Aust J Nutr Dietet; 53, 115-121
23. SITAS F, BLAAUW D, TERBLANCHE M, MADHOO J and CARRARA H (1997). Cancer in South Africa, 1992. Johannesburg: National Cancer Registry, South African Institute for Medical Research
24. SPECIAL REPORT (1996). Summary of the Surgeon General's Report addressing physical activity and health. Nutr Rev; 54, 280-284
25. TESSARO I A, HERMAN C J, SHAW J E and GIESE E A (1996). Cancer prevention knowledge, attitudes, and clinical practice of nurse practitioners in local public health departments in North Carolina. Cancer Nurs; 19, 269-274
26. WALKER A R P (1997). The nutritional challenges in the New South Africa. Nutr Res Rev; 9, 33-65
27. WECHSLER H, LEVINE S, IDELSON R K, SCHOR E L and OAKLEY E (1996). The physicians role in health promotion revisited - a survey of primary care practitioners. N Engl J Med; 334, 996-998
28. WINGO P A, RIES L A G, ROSENBERG H M, MILLER D S and EDWARDS B K (1998). Cancer incidence and mortality, 1973-1995. Cancer; 82, 1197-1207
29. WORLD CANCER RESEARCH FUND/ AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH (1997). Summary. In: Food, Nutrition and the Prevention of Cancer: A Global Perspective, 9-11