Publication: Knowledge, Behavior and Beliefs Related to Cervical Cancer and Screening Among Turkish Women
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2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Reis, Nesrin
Bebis, Hatice
KÖSE TUNCER, SEVİNÇ
SİS ÇELİK, Aslı
ENGİN, Raziye
Yavan, Tulay
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Objective: The aims of this study were to explore Turkish women-s knowledge, behavior and beliefs related to cervical cancer and screening. Methods: The study was performed in two cities in the East of Turkey between September 2009 and April 2010, with a sampling group of 387 women. Data were collected by means of an interview form with the Health Belief Model Scale for Cervical Cancer and Pap Smear Test - Turkish Version. Results: Women in the research group were found to have poor knowledge, inadequate health behavior and low/medium level false beliefs regarding cervical cancer screening. There was relation between health beliefs and characteristics of women and particularly education (F = 10.80, p = 0.01). Similarly, it was found that Pap smear barriers were influenced by demographic characteristics and that women with low-level education (p = 0.001), divorced women (p = 0.05), women with low-income(p = 0.05), women who gave their first birth when they were 18 or younger (p = 0.05) and women not applying any contraceptive method at all (p = 0.01) were determined to have negative Pap smear barriers. Conclusions: Primarily the knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of women in the target group should be evaluated to increase their participation in cervical cancer screening and to prepare effective education strategies.
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Cervical cancer
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Reis N., Bebis H., KÖSE TUNCER S., SİS ÇELİK A., ENGİN R., Yavan T., -Knowledge, Behavior and Beliefs Related to Cervical Cancer and Screening Among Turkish Women-, ASIAN PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CANCER PREVENTION, cilt.13, ss.1463-1470, 2012