Description
The project aim is to reduce the incidence of cancer in Polkowice. The inhabitants of this district die more often than other Poles because of bad lifestyles. The biggest impact on the this stems from the high incidence of lung cancer and bronchi and late detection. The main reasons are: long-term smoking including passive smoking, early initiation of addiction and lack of access to diagnostics. The district will intensify the primary prevention among youth affected by the disease risk through awareness, persuasion and support to quit smoking. It will deploy a secondary prevention: a complex program of screening for adults in high-risk groups, especially smokers 50+. A variety of info-educational actions (prevention and health promotion), coherent with target groups’ preferences, will bring behavioral change. The number of people examined regularly will grow by more than 5,000 and that of those averse to smoking will increase as 30000 people will get the message about the danger. As a result, the mortality rate from lung cancer will be reduced. The district will replicate the results by promoting the project.
Summary of project results
The project aim was to reduce the incidence of cancer in Polkowice district. Its inhabitants die more often than other Poles because of bad lifestyle. The biggest impact on the SMR has a high incidence of cancer of lungs and bronchi and late decetion. The main reasons are: long – tern smoking incl. Passive smoking, early initation of addiction (even 12-year-old children smoke!) and lack of access to a diagnostics. The district intensified primary prevention among youth afected by the disease risk: awarenes, persuasion and support in quitting smoking. It immplemented a secondary prevention: a complex program of screening for adults in high-risk groups, esp. Smokers 50+. A variety of info-educaion acyions (prevention and health promotion), coherent with target groups' preferences, brought the behavioral change. The number of people examined regulary grown by more the 5,000 and the number of those averse to smoking increased: 30K people got message about this addiction's danger. The project had a positive effect on bilateral relations thanks to taking into account widely snitch of action info - promotional concerning supporting Donor State the thematic area "limiting social irregularities in the health" directed at the society in Poland. Team members of the PCM conducted action associated with the execution of tasks in the prevention and the promotion of health, under direction of a project coordinator. A project coordinator allocated the financial reserve on unpredictable expenses. As part of the project a sequence of the action was conducted info - promotional which lectures were held during through health educators and gadgets were handed out from the logo to the action. Films and articles spreading the aim of the project were issued. Medical action as part of the prevention established preventions and reducing connected incidences with a lifestyle as in the future will lower the mortality rate because of the lung cancer. A directed conference to the improvement in the awareness of lungs cancer amongst young people and other thematic actions were organised. The family picnic with the concert gave to young people was a chance for using the block of medical advice. We decided to conduct services available promoting the radio and television campaign as part of the project. As a result, the mortality rate from lung cancer will be reduced. The distric will replicate the results by promotion of the project.
Summary of bilateral results