Health Guidelines about Cervical Cancer for Women and its Effects on their Screening Behavior at El-Suez City
Shapan Mohamed, A., Fatouh, E., Mohamed Younes, M., Hamdy Nasr, E. (2016). Health Guidelines about Cervical Cancer for Women and its Effects on their Screening Behavior at El-Suez City. EKB Journal Management System, 3(2), 113-130. doi: 10.21608/pssjn.2016.32518
Azza Shapan Mohamed; Entesar Fatouh; Mona Mohamed Younes; Elsayda Hamdy Nasr. "Health Guidelines about Cervical Cancer for Women and its Effects on their Screening Behavior at El-Suez City". EKB Journal Management System, 3, 2, 2016, 113-130. doi: 10.21608/pssjn.2016.32518
Shapan Mohamed, A., Fatouh, E., Mohamed Younes, M., Hamdy Nasr, E. (2016). 'Health Guidelines about Cervical Cancer for Women and its Effects on their Screening Behavior at El-Suez City', EKB Journal Management System, 3(2), pp. 113-130. doi: 10.21608/pssjn.2016.32518
Shapan Mohamed, A., Fatouh, E., Mohamed Younes, M., Hamdy Nasr, E. Health Guidelines about Cervical Cancer for Women and its Effects on their Screening Behavior at El-Suez City. EKB Journal Management System, 2016; 3(2): 113-130. doi: 10.21608/pssjn.2016.32518

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  XML 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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