A blended educational intervention program on Pap-test related behavior among Iranian women

Plain Language Summary Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women. The Pap-test is considered the most economical and efficient method for screening cervical cancer and is a simple method without any side effects. Given that awareness with proper methods regarding the initial sympt...

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Autores principales:	Shahnaz Ghalavandi, Fatemeh Zarei, Alireza Heidarnia, Reza Beiranvand
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Publicado:	BMC 2021
Materias:	Pap-test Behavior Health Education Gynecology and obstetrics RG1-991
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f24cd1bc3cf647caaa353181fdd44e712021-11-14T12:31:32ZA blended educational intervention program on Pap-test related behavior among Iranian women10.1186/s12978-021-01281-x1742-4755https://doaj.org/article/f24cd1bc3cf647caaa353181fdd44e712021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-021-01281-xhttps://doaj.org/toc/1742-4755Plain Language Summary Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women. The Pap-test is considered the most economical and efficient method for screening cervical cancer and is a simple method without any side effects. Given that awareness with proper methods regarding the initial symptoms, timely diagnosis and treatment are vital for controlling cancer. In this study, we assessed the effect of a blended educational program to promote performing Pap-test among 84 Iranian women. Therefore, a study to assess four main variables; knowledge, attitude, self-efficacy, and practice about PST was designed. We asked women aged 18–49 living in Andimeshk (Khuzestan, Iran) covered by 16 health centers. The educational program to increase women’s performance in the PST using online technology regarding participants' convenience, accessibility, and availability of educational content. Women were divided into two groups. One group received an educational program, the second group remained in control and did not receive any education. All women were asked for their knowledge, attitude, self-efficacy and practice of PST three times immediately, 4 and 12 weeks after one-month training. Our assessment showed significant group differences at different times in knowledge, attitude, self-efficacy, and practice about PST. In conclusion, effective online education in sustaining the effects of the educational program in the experimental group happened. Moreover, we experienced an appropriate teaching method for restricted situations such as the COVID-19 pandemic to promote educational participation.Shahnaz GhalavandiFatemeh ZareiAlireza HeidarniaReza BeiranvandBMCarticlePap-testBehaviorHealth EducationGynecology and obstetricsRG1-991ENReproductive Health, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021)
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topic	Pap-test Behavior Health Education Gynecology and obstetrics RG1-991
spellingShingle	Pap-test Behavior Health Education Gynecology and obstetrics RG1-991 Shahnaz Ghalavandi Fatemeh Zarei Alireza Heidarnia Reza Beiranvand A blended educational intervention program on Pap-test related behavior among Iranian women
description	Plain Language Summary Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women. The Pap-test is considered the most economical and efficient method for screening cervical cancer and is a simple method without any side effects. Given that awareness with proper methods regarding the initial symptoms, timely diagnosis and treatment are vital for controlling cancer. In this study, we assessed the effect of a blended educational program to promote performing Pap-test among 84 Iranian women. Therefore, a study to assess four main variables; knowledge, attitude, self-efficacy, and practice about PST was designed. We asked women aged 18–49 living in Andimeshk (Khuzestan, Iran) covered by 16 health centers. The educational program to increase women’s performance in the PST using online technology regarding participants' convenience, accessibility, and availability of educational content. Women were divided into two groups. One group received an educational program, the second group remained in control and did not receive any education. All women were asked for their knowledge, attitude, self-efficacy and practice of PST three times immediately, 4 and 12 weeks after one-month training. Our assessment showed significant group differences at different times in knowledge, attitude, self-efficacy, and practice about PST. In conclusion, effective online education in sustaining the effects of the educational program in the experimental group happened. Moreover, we experienced an appropriate teaching method for restricted situations such as the COVID-19 pandemic to promote educational participation.
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author	Shahnaz Ghalavandi Fatemeh Zarei Alireza Heidarnia Reza Beiranvand
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title	A blended educational intervention program on Pap-test related behavior among Iranian women
title_short	A blended educational intervention program on Pap-test related behavior among Iranian women
title_full	A blended educational intervention program on Pap-test related behavior among Iranian women
title_fullStr	A blended educational intervention program on Pap-test related behavior among Iranian women
title_full_unstemmed	A blended educational intervention program on Pap-test related behavior among Iranian women
title_sort	blended educational intervention program on pap-test related behavior among iranian women
publisher	BMC
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/f24cd1bc3cf647caaa353181fdd44e71
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A blended educational intervention program on Pap-test related behavior among Iranian women

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