Cancer information overload: Discriminant validity and relationship to sun safe behaviors

The cancer information overload (CIO) scale: establishing predictive and discriminant validity.

OBJECTIVE Survey data suggests that approximately three-fourths of adults are overwhelmed by cancer information - a construct we label cancer information overload (CIO). A significant limitation of existing research is that it relies on a single-item measure. The objective of the current study is to develop and validate a multi-item measure of CIO. METHODS Study 1 (N=209) surveyed healthcare ...

Safe in the Sun

سرطانهای جلدی را می توان به انواع پیش بدخیم و بدخیم تقسیم نمود. شایعترین ضایعه جلدی پیش بدخیم، کراتوز آفتابی نام دارد که بصورت ضایعات خشک و دلمه دار جلدی بروز می کنند - لنتیگو  آفتابی یک ضایعه پیش بدخیم دیگرن است که بصورت لکه های قهوه ای و صاف (غیر برجسته روی پوست مشاهده می شوند) ضایعات پیش بدخیم در صورت عدم درمان می توانند بدخیم شوند. 

Convergent and Discriminant Validity

Convergent and Discriminant Validity

Be sun safe! Understand skin cancer prevention and detection.

Note: This column is made possible through an educational grant from CChange, a Washington, DC, based organization comprising the nation’s key cancer leaders from government, business, and nonprofit sectors. These cancer leaders share the vision of a future where cancer is prevented, detected early, and cured or is managed successfully as a chronic illness. The mission of C-Change is to leverag...