Environmental factors and awareness of colorectal cancer in people at familial risk.

Objective: to identify the association between environmental risk factors and awareness of colorectal cancer in people at familial risk.

Method: cross-sectional correlational study, with a sample consisted of people who met at least one of the Revised Bethesda criteria, and 80 participants were included in this study. A sociodemographic data record, the AUDIT Test for alcohol use, the Fagerström Test for tobacco smoking, the Estimation and Frequency of Food Intake scale, and the Cancer Awareness Measure questionnaire to assess the colorectal cancer awareness were used.