Health Guidelines about Cervical Cancer for Women and its Effects on their Screening Behavior at El-Suez City | ||||
Port Said Scientific Journal of Nursing | ||||
Article 7, Volume 3, Issue 2, December 2016, Page 113-130 PDF (384.04 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/pssjn.2016.32518 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Azza Shapan Mohamed* 1; Entesar Fatouh2; Mona Mohamed Younes3; Elsayda Hamdy Nasr4 | ||||
1faculty of nursing, Suez Canal University | ||||
2Maternal and Newborn Health Nursing - Faculty of Nursing - Helwan University | ||||
3Family & Community Health Nursing - Faculty of NursingPort Said University | ||||
4Obstetric and Gynecological Nursing - Faculty of Nursing - Port said University | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Background: To evaluate effect of health guidelines about cervical cancer for women on their screening behavior. Subject and Methods: It was carried out in the oncology clinics at health insurance hospital at Suez city using a quasi-experimental (pre & posttest) design, Purposive non-probability sampling technique. The study subjects were consisted of 102 women attending for follow up in the oncology clinics. An interview schedule was designed and utilized to collect the necessary data. A selfadministered questionnaire was used. Results: showed very poor knowledge (2.0%) before the implementation of the health guidelines program. This statistically improved after the program to reach 98.0%.s. Meanwhile the study revealed that 23.5% accepted the screening for cervical cancer, while the rest had many health seeking barriers. Conclusion: Health guidelines was effective in improving the knowledge and behavior of women regarding cervical cancer screening and vaccination. There was a significant improvement post intervention in all items of knowledge regarding cervical cancer. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Cervical Cancer; Knowledge; Behavior; screening methods; health-seeking barriers | ||||
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