Citation

Prince-Embury S, Rooney JF. Int. Q. Community Health Educ. 1987; 8(1): 33-50.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1987, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.2190/XR7E-RCH8-6JPC-A8X1

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

A survey of residents in the vicinity of the Three Mile Island nuclear generating facility four years after the accident examined level of interest in cancer detection and treatment, radiation monitoring, and epidemiology of cancer as a function of degree of ongoing worry, perceived control and demographic variables. Interest in information was found to be related to worry for all three topics, indicating that residents who had higher degrees of worry were more interested in seeking information than avoiding it. Control expectancy was related to interest in information about epidemiological distribution of cancer. Implications for the dissemination of information in the aftermath of a disaster are discussed.

Language: en