In contrast, only 20% of residents in the lahar-hazard zone at Mount Rainier do not live in incorporated communities, indicating that community based awareness programs will likely reach a significant percent of the at-risk population.
The present paper provides a review of general population based research into awareness, attitudes and beliefs regarding intellectual disability published in English between 1990 and mid-2011.
More recently, a population based survey of public awareness of cancer in the UK, [ 26] showed that awareness was lower in males, younger adults, persons from lower socioeconomic groups and among ethnic minorities.
By contrast, single strategies were more frequently observed for preventive and episodic care (patient or population based screening registers or awareness programs and new appointment systems or new services respectively).
As a part of this population based program, the women's awareness levels about different aspects of breast cancer including risk factors, early warning signs, and therapeutic and screening approaches were evaluated.
A cross-sectional population based survey was performed to identify awareness of cervical cancer risk factors, reasons why women do not want to participate in cervical screening programme and wishes for better organisation of the programme.
These studies have some major shortcomings including lack of a population based survey structure, and none of them analytically evaluated awareness levels.
During the population based survey information about kebele (cluster) characteristics, socio-demographic characteristics, awareness, perceptions and experiences related to the women's use of skilled maternal care services were collected.
While a population based survey, also conducted in the UK, reported a link between low SES, lower awareness of cancer warning signs and greater anticipated delay in seeking help [ 36].
Ours is the first study that assessed the awareness level among the various stakeholders representing the same community, and population based observational data collection is the advantage of this study.
This demonstrates the need for population based interventions that provide the face-to-face support typical of commercial programs, in addition to the more traditional awareness raising and education strategies.
