Sağlık Çalışanlarının Kanser Taramaları Hakkındaki Bilgi, Tutum ve Davranışlarının Değerlendirilmesi

Cilt: 17 Sayı: 1 30 Mart 2017
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Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors of Health Workers About Cancer Screenings

Abstract

Objectives: The fact that cancer is among the preventable diseases makes cancer screening important and necessary. Some preventable cancers may be diagnosed and treated by appropriate screening programs. In this study, it was aimed to investigate knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of health workers and to evaluate the level of knowledge about preventable cancers and cancer screening programs.

Materials and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in December 2014 by using face-to-face interviews with 564 health workers. Descriptive statistics are given as frequency distribution and percentages. All analyses were performed using the SPSS 15.0 package program.

Results: 386 women and 178 male participants were included in the study. When the distribution of participants' expertise is analyzed, it was seen that 200 were general practitioners, 99 were family medicine specialists or assistants, 26 were general surgery specialists or assistants, 29 were gynecology specialists or assistants, 41 were internal medicine specialists or assistants, 169 were nurses, midwife or family health worker. Cancers in our national cancer screening program have been known exactly by 274 (48.58%) participants. The remaining 290 (51.41%) participants indicated the screened cancer types incorrectly, inadequately or improperly. When health workers were questioned whether they had done their cancer screening tests, only 58 (14.87%) had run regular screening among the 390 people who entered the target age group of  screening.

The number of irregularly or never screened participants were 237 (60.76%) and 95 (24.35%), respectively. Among these irregularly or never screened participants, the main reasons for avoidance were indicated as the lack of time and assumption of being healthy.

Conclusion: The results of our study suggest that health workers' awareness of the national cancer screening program is not adequate. Both the level of knowledge and participation rates in cancer screening programs seem to be inadequate. Having sufficient knowledge of healthcare professionals in cancer screening tests and turning it into positive attitudes and behaviors are important for the success of the screening program. 

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi

Bölüm

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Yazarlar

Cantürk Kaya Bu kişi benim

Esra Özyörük Bu kişi benim

Önder Aydemir Bu kişi benim

Çiğdem Şimşek Bu kişi benim

Yayımlanma Tarihi

30 Mart 2017

Gönderilme Tarihi

24 Mart 2016

Kabul Tarihi

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Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2017 Cilt: 17 Sayı: 1

Kaynak Göster

APA
Kaya, C., Üstü, Y., Özyörük, E., Aydemir, Ö., Şimşek, Ç., & Demirci Şahin, A. (2017). Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors of Health Workers About Cancer Screenings. Ankara Medical Journal, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.17098/amj.304666
AMA
1.Kaya C, Üstü Y, Özyörük E, Aydemir Ö, Şimşek Ç, Demirci Şahin A. Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors of Health Workers About Cancer Screenings. Ankara Med J. 2017;17(1). doi:10.17098/amj.304666
Chicago
Kaya, Cantürk, Yusuf Üstü, Esra Özyörük, Önder Aydemir, Çiğdem Şimşek, ve Ayşe Demirci Şahin. 2017. “Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors of Health Workers About Cancer Screenings”. Ankara Medical Journal 17 (1). https://doi.org/10.17098/amj.304666.
EndNote
Kaya C, Üstü Y, Özyörük E, Aydemir Ö, Şimşek Ç, Demirci Şahin A (01 Mart 2017) Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors of Health Workers About Cancer Screenings. Ankara Medical Journal 17 1
IEEE
[1]C. Kaya, Y. Üstü, E. Özyörük, Ö. Aydemir, Ç. Şimşek, ve A. Demirci Şahin, “Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors of Health Workers About Cancer Screenings”, Ankara Med J, c. 17, sy 1, Mar. 2017, doi: 10.17098/amj.304666.
ISNAD
Kaya, Cantürk - Üstü, Yusuf - Özyörük, Esra - Aydemir, Önder - Şimşek, Çiğdem - Demirci Şahin, Ayşe. “Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors of Health Workers About Cancer Screenings”. Ankara Medical Journal 17/1 (01 Mart 2017). https://doi.org/10.17098/amj.304666.
JAMA
1.Kaya C, Üstü Y, Özyörük E, Aydemir Ö, Şimşek Ç, Demirci Şahin A. Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors of Health Workers About Cancer Screenings. Ankara Med J. 2017;17. doi:10.17098/amj.304666.
MLA
Kaya, Cantürk, vd. “Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors of Health Workers About Cancer Screenings”. Ankara Medical Journal, c. 17, sy 1, Mart 2017, doi:10.17098/amj.304666.
Vancouver
1.Cantürk Kaya, Yusuf Üstü, Esra Özyörük, Önder Aydemir, Çiğdem Şimşek, Ayşe Demirci Şahin. Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors of Health Workers About Cancer Screenings. Ankara Med J. 01 Mart 2017;17(1). doi:10.17098/amj.304666

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