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DOES CANCER EDUCATİON İNCREASE CANCER AWARENESS?

Year 2024, Volume: 9 Issue: 1, 13 - 23, 31.01.2024
https://doi.org/10.35232/estudamhsd.1361295

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors for cancer and risk factors of those who attend Women's Education and Culture Centers and Quran Courses in Altındağ district, to carry out necessary interventions such as awareness and information activities in the led by the data obtained and to evaluate the contribution of the intervention to screening programs. The methodological study was conducted in Altındağ district with the participation of 465 female trainees aged 18 and over with similar socio-demographic characteristics. A survey form was applied to the participants before they were given education about cancer and screenings. The centers where training was provided were visited again by the researchers two weeks later, and the same survey form was applied to the same participants again and the effectiveness of the intervention was evaluated. Those who wanted to participate in screening programs were screened at Altındağ Cancer Early Diagnosis, Screening and Training Center after the training. The median age of 465 women participating in the study is 52 (18-75) years. 87.7% of the participants are married, 57.0% are literate and primary school graduates, 88.8% are housewives, and 89.7% do not work in an income-generating job. While the mean total knowledge score was 24.0 (1.0-41.0) in the initial survey, it increased significantly to 34.0 (2.0-41.0) in the re-survey (p<0.001). The study showed that educational interventions had significant increase deffects on women's cancer awareness,knowledge, attitudes, and cancer screening behaviors.

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KANSER EĞİTİMLERİ KANSER FARKINDALIĞINI ARTTIRIYOR MU?

Year 2024, Volume: 9 Issue: 1, 13 - 23, 31.01.2024
https://doi.org/10.35232/estudamhsd.1361295

Abstract

Altındağ ilçesinde, Kadın Eğitim ve Kültür Merkezleri ve Kur’an Kurslarına katılım sağlayanların, kanser ve risk faktörleri ile ilgili bilgi, tutum ve davranışlarının saptanması, elde edilen veri ışığında farkındalık ve bilgilendirme çalışmaları gibi gerekli müdahalelerin gerçekleştirilebilmesi, gerçekleştirilen müdahalenin tarama programlarına katkısının değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Müdahale niteliğindeki çalışma, Altındağ ilçesinde, benzer sosyo-demografik özellikli 18 yaş ve üstü, 465 kadın kursiyerin katılımıyla yürütülmüştür. Katılımcılara kanser ve taramalar hakkında eğitim verilmeden önce anket formu uygulanmış, eğitim verilen merkezler araştırmacılar tarafından iki hafta sonra tekrar ziyaret edilerek aynı katılımcılara aynı anket formu tekrar uygulanmış ve müdahalenin etkinliği değerlendirilmiştir. Eğitim sonrası tarama programlarına katılmak isteyenlerin Altındağ Kanser Erken Teşhis, Tarama ve Eğitim Merkezinde (KETEM) taramaları yapılmıştır. Çalışmaya katılan 465 kadının yaş ortancası 52 (18-75) yıldır. Katılımcıların %87,7’si evli, %57,0’ı okuryazar ve ilköğretim mezunu, %88,8’i ev hanımı, %89,7’si gelir getiren bir işte çalışmamaktadır. Toplam bilgi puanı ortalaması ön testte 24,0 (1,0-41,0) iken son testte 34,0 (2,0-41,0)'e anlamlı olarak yükselmiştir (p<0,001). Çalışma, eğitim müdahalesinin kadınların kanser farkındalığı, bilgi, tutum ve kanser tarama davranışlarını önemli ölçüde artırdığını göstermiştir.

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References

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  • World Health Organization İnternational Agency for Research on Cancer; 2020 [cited 3/1/2022]. Available from: https://www.iarc.who.int/cards_page/wor ld-cancer-report/
  • World Health Organization. Fact sheets. Cancer, 2022 [cited 6/28/2022]. Available from: https://www.who.int/news-room/ fact-sheets/detail/cancer.
  • T.C. Sağlık Bakanlığı, Türkiye Halk Sağlığı Genel Müdürlüğü, Kanser Daire Başkanlığı. Türkiye Kanser İstatistikleri 2021 Yılı Raporu; 2022 [cited 6/28/2022]. Available from: https://hsgm.saglik.gov.tr/tr/kansertaramalari.html.
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  • Sahu DP, Subba SH, Giri PP. Cancer awareness and attitude towards cancer screening in India: a narrative review. J FamilyMed Prim Care. 2020;9:2214–8. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_145_20.
  • Fidaner C. Kanserde Erken Yakalama: Erken Tanı ve Taramalar. Türkiye’de Kanser Kontrolü içinde Ed: AM Tuncer, Sağlık Bakanlığı, Ankara 2007;319-32.
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  • Rezaeian A, Khatami F, Heidari Keshel S, Akbari MR, Mirzaei A, Gholami K, et al. The effect of mesenchymal stemcells-derived exosomes on the prostate, bladder, and renal cancer celllines. Sci Rep. 2022:20924. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-23204-x.
  • Asuquo IM, Olajide TE. The Role of Health Education on Breast Cancer awareness among University of Calabar Female Undergraduates. Journal of Education and Practice. 2015;6:24.
  • Açıkgöz A. Meme ve Serviks Kanseri Risk Düzeyleri ve Erken tanı Hizmetleri Kullanımı İlişkisi. [Yayımlanmamış tez] İzmir: Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Enstitüsü. 2010.
  • Sarker R, Islam MS, Moonajilin MS, Rahman M, Gesesew HA, Ward PR. Effectiveness of educational intervention on breast cancer knowledge and breast self-examination among female university students in Bangladesh: a pre-post quasi-experimental study. BMC Cancer. 2022;22(1):199. doi:10.1186/ s12885-022-09311-y.
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  • Sankeshwari R, Ankola A, Hebbal M, Muttagi S, Rawal N. Awareness regarding oral cancer and oral precancerous lesions among rural population of Belgaum district, India. Glob Health Promot. 2016;23:27-35. doi:10.1177/1757975914567512.
  • Karadağ Çaman Ö, Bilir N, Özcebe H. Ailede Kanser Öyküsü ve Algılanan Kanser Riski, Kanserden Korunma Davranışları ile İlişkili mi? Fırat Tıp Derg. 2014;19(2): 95-100.
  • Karadag G, Gungormus Z, Surucu R, Savas E, Bicer F. Awareness and practices regarding breast and cervical cancer among Turkish women in Gaziantep. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2014;15:1093-8. doi:10.7314/apjcp. 2014.15.3.1093.
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  • Wang H, Khor TO, Shu L, Su ZY, Fuentes F, Lee JH, et al. Plants vs. cancer: a review on natural phytochemicals in preventing and treating cancers and their drugg ability. Anticancer Agents Med Chem. 2012;12(10):1281-305. doi: 10.2174/187152012803833026.
  • Korkut Y. Assessment of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding breast and cervical cancer among women in western Turkey. Journal of International Medical Research. 2019;47(4):1660-6. doi:10.1177/0300060519830252.
  • Makurirofa L, Mangwiro P, James V, Milanzi A, Mavu J, Nyamuranga M, et al. Women's knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) relating to breast and cervical cancers in rural Zimbabwe: a cross sectional study in Mudzi District, Mashonal and East Province. BMC Public Health. 2019;24;19(1):109. doi:10.1186/s12889-018-6333-5.
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Primary Language Turkish
Subjects Preventative Health Care, Health Promotion
Journal Section Research Article
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Abide Aksungur 0000-0002-8140-0289

Hamit Harun Bağcı 0000-0002-0762-193X

Tuğba Özdemirkan 0000-0002-9165-8136

Publication Date January 31, 2024
Submission Date September 15, 2023
Published in Issue Year 2024 Volume: 9 Issue: 1

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Vancouver Aksungur A, Bağcı HH, Özdemirkan T. KANSER EĞİTİMLERİ KANSER FARKINDALIĞINI ARTTIRIYOR MU?. ESTUDAM Public Health Journal. 2024;9(1):13-2.

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