The impact of XXXX awareness week.

@entity5 @entity1 @entity0 @entity14
OBJECTIVES: To assess knowledge of @entity5 Awareness Week (BCAW) amongst @entity1 attending their general practice surgery and to identify whether BCAW could increase knowledge of @entity14 . METHOD: Questionnaire study with ethics committee approval. @entity1 attending non-emergency clinics in a single general practice during the week following BCAW were given a questionnaire. Respondents were asked for knowledge of @entity14 , sources of this information and awareness of BCAW compared to similar knowledge of @entity0 . RESULTS: Seventy-seven @entity1 responded (96% response rate, median age 42, 40% male). Eighty-five percent could name a @entity0 symptom compared to only 44% who could name a @entity14 (McNemar's chi2, P < 0.0001). Respondents identified more sources of information for breast than @entity14 . Only 21% had heard of BCAW and none could name any symbol for @entity5 awareness whereas 69% were aware of @entity0 Awareness Month and 28% could name its symbol (McNemar's chi2, P < 0.0001). Multivariate analysis demonstrated that @entity1 who were aware of BCAW were 4.6 times more likely to have knowledge of @entity14 (95% CI 1.25-17.1). CONCLUSIONS: Despite their similar incidence, knowledge of @entity14 is much less than @entity0 . In part this may be due to the greater publicity given to @entity0 . BCAW can increase knowledge of @entity14 but currently, too few @entity1 are aware of it.
