Cervical Cancer Literacy in Women of Reproductive Age and Its Related Factors
| Autor: | Sayed Mahmood Latifi, Parvin Shahry, Marzieh Araban, Maryam Bazaz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Gerontology Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Uterine Cervical Neoplasms Reproductive age Health literacy Iran Literacy Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Health Education Early Detection of Cancer media_common Related factors Cervical cancer business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Cancer Middle Aged Patient Acceptance of Health Care medicine.disease Health Literacy Test (assessment) Cross-Sectional Studies Oncology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Female Health information business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Cancer Education. 34:82-89 |
| ISSN: | 1543-0154 0885-8195 |
| Popis: | Cancer health literacy, which is the ability to search, understand, and use health information to make appropriate health decisions, plays an important role in the use of preventative and screening information. The present study aims to evaluate cervical cancer health literacy in women of reproductive age and its related factors. In this cross-sectional study, 231 women of reproductive age who referred to health centers of Khuzestan Province, Iran, were selected via convenience sampling. A valid and reliable measure was employed to collect information about various dimensions of cervical cancer health literacy, including having access to, reading, understanding, appraising, using, and communicating it. The data collected were analyzed using SPSS 16. Data analysis was conducted by independent sample t test, one-way ANOVA, Spearman’s correlation, chi-square, and linear regression. The participants’ average health literacy score was 97.88 ± 12.7 (from 135 points), and 47.2% of the participants had limited health literacy. Health literacy was associated with education, employment, income, searching, mothers’ and young friends’ counseling, and duration of the study time (p |
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