Smoking Avoidance, Physical Activity and Diet as Preventative Behaviours for Lung, Prostate and Colorectal Cancer - A Comparison of the Extended Parallel Process Model Groups
ObjectivesAn analysis of men’s perceptions of the role of three health behaviours (smoking avoidance, physical activity, and diet) in relation to the subjective threat of lung, prostate, and colorectal cancers, with adoption of the Extended Parallel Process Model (EPPM).MethodsThe study was conducte...
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| author | Katarzyna Domosławska-Żylińska Dorota Włodarczyk |
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| description | ObjectivesAn analysis of men’s perceptions of the role of three health behaviours (smoking avoidance, physical activity, and diet) in relation to the subjective threat of lung, prostate, and colorectal cancers, with adoption of the Extended Parallel Process Model (EPPM).MethodsThe study was conducted using a survey questionnaire by Computer Assisted Web Interviewing on a representative sample of 1,000 male Polish citizens aged 18–65.ResultsProstate cancer was considered the most likely and most severe type of cancer. A healthy diet was the intervention that was considered the most effective and the one most likely to be implemented for colorectal cancer. Respondents perceived smoking avoidance to be the most effective intervention, while considering this to be the least feasible strategy to implement for lung cancer. In all of the behaviours, the Indifferent group was the most numerous. Belonging to the EPPM groups was mainly associated with educational level, financial situation, and self-assessed health status.ConclusionThe need to implement interventions aimed at: increase the perceived risk of smoking in the context of lung cancer incidence, increase men’s self-efficacy in smoking avoidance and reduce the level of perceived losses from undertaking a healthy diet and smoking avoidance. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f584d0c891bc4bc3aa756946d30770b82025-02-04T04:11:15ZengFrontiers Media S.A.International Journal of Public Health1661-85642025-02-017010.3389/ijph.2025.16072781607278Smoking Avoidance, Physical Activity and Diet as Preventative Behaviours for Lung, Prostate and Colorectal Cancer - A Comparison of the Extended Parallel Process Model GroupsKatarzyna Domosławska-Żylińska0Dorota Włodarczyk1Department of Education and Communication, National Institute of Public Health NIH - National Research Institute, Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Health Psychology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, PolandObjectivesAn analysis of men’s perceptions of the role of three health behaviours (smoking avoidance, physical activity, and diet) in relation to the subjective threat of lung, prostate, and colorectal cancers, with adoption of the Extended Parallel Process Model (EPPM).MethodsThe study was conducted using a survey questionnaire by Computer Assisted Web Interviewing on a representative sample of 1,000 male Polish citizens aged 18–65.ResultsProstate cancer was considered the most likely and most severe type of cancer. A healthy diet was the intervention that was considered the most effective and the one most likely to be implemented for colorectal cancer. Respondents perceived smoking avoidance to be the most effective intervention, while considering this to be the least feasible strategy to implement for lung cancer. In all of the behaviours, the Indifferent group was the most numerous. Belonging to the EPPM groups was mainly associated with educational level, financial situation, and self-assessed health status.ConclusionThe need to implement interventions aimed at: increase the perceived risk of smoking in the context of lung cancer incidence, increase men’s self-efficacy in smoking avoidance and reduce the level of perceived losses from undertaking a healthy diet and smoking avoidance.https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/ijph.2025.1607278/fulloncologylung cancerprostate cancercolon cancerdietphysical activity |
| spellingShingle | Katarzyna Domosławska-Żylińska Dorota Włodarczyk Smoking Avoidance, Physical Activity and Diet as Preventative Behaviours for Lung, Prostate and Colorectal Cancer - A Comparison of the Extended Parallel Process Model Groups International Journal of Public Health oncology lung cancer prostate cancer colon cancer diet physical activity |
| title | Smoking Avoidance, Physical Activity and Diet as Preventative Behaviours for Lung, Prostate and Colorectal Cancer - A Comparison of the Extended Parallel Process Model Groups |
| title_full | Smoking Avoidance, Physical Activity and Diet as Preventative Behaviours for Lung, Prostate and Colorectal Cancer - A Comparison of the Extended Parallel Process Model Groups |
| title_fullStr | Smoking Avoidance, Physical Activity and Diet as Preventative Behaviours for Lung, Prostate and Colorectal Cancer - A Comparison of the Extended Parallel Process Model Groups |
| title_full_unstemmed | Smoking Avoidance, Physical Activity and Diet as Preventative Behaviours for Lung, Prostate and Colorectal Cancer - A Comparison of the Extended Parallel Process Model Groups |
| title_short | Smoking Avoidance, Physical Activity and Diet as Preventative Behaviours for Lung, Prostate and Colorectal Cancer - A Comparison of the Extended Parallel Process Model Groups |
| title_sort | smoking avoidance physical activity and diet as preventative behaviours for lung prostate and colorectal cancer a comparison of the extended parallel process model groups |
| topic | oncology lung cancer prostate cancer colon cancer diet physical activity |
| url | https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/ijph.2025.1607278/full |
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