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The Effect of Education on the Early Diagnosis of Breast and Cervix Cancer on the Women’s Attitudes and Behaviors Regarding Participating in Screening Programs

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The objective of this paper was to define the effect of education on the early diagnosis of breast and cervix cancer on the womenʼs attitudes and behaviors regarding participating in Cancer Early Diagnosis, Screening and Training Centers-CEDSTC screening programs. This semi-experimental study was completed with 342 women. The data were collected with forms “Champion’s Health Belief Model Scale Breast Cancer-HBMSBC” and “Health Belief Model Scale for Cervical Cancer and the Pap Smear Test-HBMSCCPST.” When the women’s health beliefs before and after 6 months of the education about the early diagnosis of breast and cervical cancers are considered, it is seen that the HBMSBC subscales health motivation, breast self-examination (BSE), and evasion to mammography (MMG) decreased and BSE self-efficacy and MMG benefit attitudes increased and HBMSCCPST subscales pap smear benefit attitudes increased and evasion to pap smear attitude decreased (p < 0.05). Six months after the education, 28.4% of the women had undergone MMG, 69.9% had performed BSE, and 33.6% had undergone a pap smear test. Education regarding early diagnosis of breast and cervix cancer was found to have positive effects on the health behaviors of the women related to BSE, MMG, and pap smear tests. The women require professional education program for increasing their attitudes and behaviors for CEDSTC screening programs. We suggest regularly providing education to increase participation in early screening programs.

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Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to all the participants in the study. We offer our heartfelt thanks to the Provincial Public Health Director of that period who gave support and an official vehicle and staff while visiting the villages and towns of Niğde Province center when conducting this study. We want to state that we are thankful to all midwives, nurses, and officials working at Niğde CEDSTC who supported the implementation of our project for their help and to Niğde University Zübeyde Hanım School of Health Department of Nursing and Midwifery students who helped collect the data.

This study was presented as an oral presentation at the First International Congress on Women and Child Health and Training on 14–15 April 2016 in Kocaeli, Turkey.

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  1. Obstetric and Women’s Health Nursing Department, Nursing Department, Niğde Zübeyde Hanım School of Health, Ömer Halisdemir University, Niğde, Turkey

    Semra Kocaöz

  2. Internal Nursing Department, Nursing Department, Niğde Zübeyde Hanım School of Health, Ömer Halisdemir University, Niğde, Turkey

    Hanife Özçelik

  3. Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

    Melek Serpil Talas

  4. Head of Public Health Center, Niğde Public Health Directorate, Niğde, Turkey

    Fulya Akkaya

  5. Cancer Early Diagnosis, Screening and Education Center, Niğde Public Health Directorate, Niğde, Turkey

    Fatma Özkul & Fahriye Ünlü

  6. Midwifery Department, Niğde Zübeyde Hanım School of Health, Ömer Halisdemir University, Niğde, Turkey

    Ayla Kurtuluş

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This study was presented as oral presentation at First International Congress on Women and Child Health and Training, 14–15 April 2016, Kocaeli, Turkey

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Kocaöz, S., Özçelik, H., Talas, M.S. et al. The Effect of Education on the Early Diagnosis of Breast and Cervix Cancer on the Women’s Attitudes and Behaviors Regarding Participating in Screening Programs. J Canc Educ 33, 821–832 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-017-1193-8

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