Effects of peer health education on perception and practice of screening for cervical cancer among urban residential women in south-east Nigeria: a before and after study
Effects of peer health education on perception and practice of screening for cervical cancer among urban residential women in south-east Nigeria: a before and after study
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DOI：
10.1186/s12905-017-0399-6
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发表时间：
2017-06-09
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Ezeoke, Uche
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作者：
Mbachu, Chinyere;Dim, Cyril;Ezeoke, Uche
背景：有效的宫颈癌预防女性教育已被证明可以提高筛查的意识和接受率。然而，摄取量的持续增加对控制工作构成挑战。同伴健康教育已被用作确保持续行为改变的有效工具。本研究进行评估的有效性，同伴健康教育的看法，愿意筛查和子宫颈癌筛查women.Methods：干预前后的研究进行了2个城市在埃努古州，尼日利亚的育龄妇女参加妇女会议在英国圣公会教堂。采用多阶段抽样方法选择300名妇女。在3个月的时间里，每月提供一次同伴健康教育，连续3次。在基线和干预后使用预先测试的问卷收集数据。对观察到的差异和关联进行描述性统计和显著性检验，p值为
Background: Effective female education on cervical cancer prevention has been shown to increase awareness and uptake of screening. However, sustaining increase in uptake poses a challenge to control efforts. Peer health education has been used as an effective tool for ensuring sustained behavior change. This study was undertaken to assess the effectiveness of peer health education on perception, willingness to screen and uptake of cervical cancer screening by women.Methods: A before and after intervention study was undertaken in 2 urban cities in Enugu state, Nigeria among women of reproductive age attending women's meeting in Anglican churches. Multistage sampling was used to select 300 women. Peer health education was provided once monthly for 3 consecutive sessions over a period of 3 months. Data was collected at baseline and after the intervention using pre-tested questionnaires. Descriptive statistics and tests of significance of observed differences and associations were done at p-value of