The Effectiveness of Health Education Program Applying Health Belief Model on Cervical Cancer Screening
Health Belief Model on Cervical Cancer Screening
Keywords:
health education program, health belief model, cervical cancer screeningAbstract
Cervical cancer is a serious disease that is a major public health problem. In Thailand, cervical cancer is the second most common after breast cancer but can be cured if detected in the early stages. This quasi-experimental research aimed to study the effectiveness of a health education program applying the health belief model on cervical cancer screening. The sample group consisted of 100 women aged 30-60 years assigned to experimental and control groups with 50 women in each group. The health education program was instructed to experimental group while control group was instructed by regular teaching. Data were collected by perception of cervical cancer questionnaires and cervical cancer screening behavior after experiment four weeks later. Compared between two groups using chi-square, Fisher's exact, paired t and independent t test. The level of statistical significance was set at 0.05. The results showed that after the trial, experimental group had a statistically significantly higher mean score of perception of cervical cancer than pretest and higher than control group. The proportion of cervical cancer screening behavior in experimental group was significantly higher than in control group. In conclusion, a health education program could improve cervical cancer screening behavior and perception of cervical cancer. Therefore, this program should be further applied to encourage other female groups to attend cervical cancer creening.
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