title: Developing an oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) knowledge and behaviors survey.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To use the community participation research model to (1) develop a survey assessing knowledge about mouth and throat cancer and (2) field test and establish test-retest reliability with newly developed instrument.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cognitive interviews with primarily  rural African American adults to assess their perception and interpretation of survey items. Test-retest reliability was established with a racially diverse rural population.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Test-retest reliabilities ranged from .79 to .40 for screening awareness and .74 to .19 for knowledge.  Coefficients increased for composite scores.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Community participation methodology provided a culturally appropriate survey instrument that demonstrated acceptable levels of reliability.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. vdodd@dental.ufl.edu
authors.forename: Virginia J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Dodd
authors.forename: Joseph L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Riley Iii
authors.forename: Henrietta L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Logan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003256:Community Participation; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012424:Rural Population; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires