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

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

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

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

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

PloS one, Vol.16(4), e0248520

2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248520

PMID: 33891616

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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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Title: Awareness regarding risk factors and determinants of cancers among Bahir Dar city residents, Northwest Ethiopia
Authors/Creators: Getasew Mulat Bantie - Alkan Hlth Sci Business & Technol Coll, Fac Community Hlth, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Amare Alamirew Aynie - College Station Medical Center
Yared Mulu Gelaw - Bahir Dar University
Ayele Semachew Kasa - Bahir Dar University
Meron Asmamaw Alemayehu - College Station Medical Center
Koku Tamirat (Author) - University of Gondar
Gebiyaw Wudie Tsegaye - Bahir Dar University
Gizachew Tadesse Wassie - Bahir Dar University
Tigabu Birhan Kassa - Bahir Dar University
Amanuel Addisu Dessie - Woldia University
Publication Details: PloS one, Vol.16(4), e0248520
Publisher: Public Library of Science
Number of pages: 11
Identifiers: 991005926315907891
Murdoch Affiliation: Ngangk Yira Institute for Change
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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