Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors about cervical cancer among women working in primary health care services in Van

Altay, Mehpare; EKİNCİ, ferhat; atila, dinçer

Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors about cervical cancer among women working in primary health care services in Van

Dinçer ATİLA, (Menemen Aile Sağlığı Merkezi, İzmir, Türkiye)

Ferhat EKİNCİ, (Yıldırım İlçe Sağlık Müdürlüğü, Bursa, Türkiye)

Mehpare ALTAY (Van İpekyolu Aile Sağlığı Merkezi, Van, Türkiye)

Aile Hekimliği ve Palyatif Bakım

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Yıl: 2019 Cilt: 4 Sayı: 2 Sayfa Aralığı: 39 - 45 Metin Dili: İngilizce İndeks Tarihi: 02-11-2020

Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors about cervical cancer among women working in primary health care services in Van

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Introduction: This study aimed to investigate the knowledge and behaviors of cervical cancer among women working in primary health careservices in Van.Methods: Among the 194 women working in primary care settings, 164 (85.4%) completed a self-administered questionnaire containing questionson demographic knowledge, cervical cancer knowledge (eight questions), attitudes related to cervical cancer (two questions), and cervical cancerrelated behaviors (two questions).Results: The mean age of the participants was 30.20±5.17 years. Of the women, 53.7% (n=88) were university graduates and 54.0% (n=88) weresingle. The median knowledge score of the participants was 6 (1stquartile 4; 3rdquartile 6). Of the participants, 17.8% (n=29) had regulargynecological examination, and only 19.2% (n=23) had a Pap smear test. The knowledge score of those with university degrees was higher thanthose with high school or lower education (Z=3.21; p=0.001), married women had higher knowledge scores compared to the single ones (Z=2.89;p=0.004), and those who had a Pap smear test had higher knowledge scores than those who did not (Z=2.85; p=0.004).Conclusions: Although the knowledge level of primary care health care providers about cervical cancer and Pap smear was high, their practiceswere not in accordance with the knowledge. On the other hand, considering that the participants were health workers, better results could beexpected. Primary care health professionals have a duty to transfer and implement preventive health services to society. Thus, it is regarded asuseful to increase in-service training and improve the knowledge and behavior of women working in primary health care services on cervicalcancer.

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Van ili birinci basamak sağlık hizmetlerinde çalışan kadınların serviks kanserine ilişkin bilgi tutum ve davranışlarının değerlendirilmesi

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Giriş: Bu çalışmada, Van ili birinci basamak sağlık hizmetlerinde çalışan kadınların serviks kanserine ilişkin bilgi ve davranışlarının araştırılması amaçlanmıştır. Yöntem: Birinci basamakta çalışan 194 kadından 164’üne (%85,4) demografik bilgileri içeren soruların yanında serviks kanseri bilgisini ölçen sekiz adet, serviks kanseriyle ilgili tutum ölçen iki adet ve serviks kanseriyle ilgili davranış ölçen dört adet sorudan oluşan bir anket kendi kendine doldurma yöntemiyle uygulandı. Bulgular: Katılımcıların yaş ortalaması 30,20±5,17 yıl idi. Kadınların %53,7’si (n=88) üniversite mezunu ve %54,0’ü (n=88) bekârdı. Katılımcıların ortanca bilgi puanı 6 (1. çeyrek 4; 3. Çeyrek 6) idi. Katılımcıların %17,8’i (n=29) düzenli jinekolojik muayene olmuş, sadece %19,2’si (n=23) Pap smear testi yaptırmıştı. Üniversite mezunu olanların bilgi puanı lise ve altı eğitimi olanlardan (Z=3,21; p=0,001), evli olanların bilgi puanı bekâr olanlardan (Z=2,89; p=0,004) ve Pap smear testi yaptıranların bilgi puanı yaptırmayanlardan (Z=2,85; p=0,004) daha yüksekti. Sonuç: Bu araştırmada birinci basamakta sağlık hizmeti veren kadınların SKa ve Pap smear ile ilgili bilgi düzeyleri genel olarak yüksek bulunmuş olmakla birlikte, uygulamaları düşük bulunmuştur. Diğer taraftan, katılımcıların sağlık çalışanları olduğu düşünüldüğünde sonuçları daha iyi olması beklenebilirdi. Koruyucu sağlık hizmetlerini topluma aktarma ve uygulama görevi bulunan birinci basamak sağlık çalışanlarının bilgi ve davranış eksikliklerinin giderilmesi için hizmet içi eğitimlerin artırılmasının yararlı olacağı düşünülmektedir.

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APA	atila d, EKİNCİ f, Altay M (2019). Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors about cervical cancer among women working in primary health care services in Van. Aile Hekimliği ve Palyatif Bakım, 4(2), 39 - 45.
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