Systematic Review of Educational Efforts on Early Cancer Detection Awareness Among College Students

inding cancer early is very important for raising mortality rates, especially in groups that are more likely to get it. Because college students are still forming health-related habits, they are in a key stage for getting training programs to raise knowledge about early cancer screening. The goal of this systematic study is to find out how well teaching efforts are at making college students more aware of early cancer screening. A thorough search of all the studies released between 2000 and 2023 was done in several sources, such as PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar. Studies were included if they looked at training programs or other treatments that were meant to change college students’ knowledge, attitudes, or actions about early cancer diagnosis. There were 22 studies that met the conditions for inclusion. They used a wide range of intervention methods, such as classes, lectures, online campaigns, peer education, and mobile health apps. The results show that teaching programs made college students much more aware of early cancer discovery. They learned a lot more about the different types of cancer, their risk factors, screening methods, and how important it is to find cancer early. Workshops and classes held in person had some success, but digital and online treatments, like e-learning programs and social media efforts, touched more people and were especially good at getting students more involved. Peer education programs also had good results, using social pressure to spread lessons about early cancer discovery. But the success of these treatments depended on a number of things, such as the type, length, and delivery method of the teaching material. Most of the time, programs that were interactive, had follow-up tests, and tailored the content to the needs of the students were the ones that raised awareness the most. Some problems with the studies were that they had small sample groups, short follow-up periods, and didn’t look at behavioral changes over a long period of time, even though the results were hopeful.