title: Effectiveness of nursing interventions to increase pap smear test screening.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a three-stage nursing intervention to increase Turkish women's participation in Pap smear testing. Knowledge and beliefs about cervical cancer screening and barriers to Pap smears also were explored. In a quasi-experimental study in a target population of 2,500 women, 237 completed pre-test measures to inform the intervention, and an educational brochure was distributed to all 2,500. As a result, 510 women (20.4%) accepted free Pap smears. Of the remaining 1,990 women, 417 were randomly selected for telephone interviews, 302 participated, and 158 of these (52.3%) participated in free Pap smear testing. Of the 144 who did not have Pap smears after participating in telephone interviews, 54 were then interviewed face-to-face, and 20 (37.0%) decided to accept free Pap smears. A total of 668 women had accepted free Pap smears by the end of the intervention period.
authors: Gulhane Military Medical Academy, School of Nursing, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ankara, Turkey.
authors: Gulten
authors: G
authors: Guvenc
authors: Aygul
authors: A
authors: Akyuz
authors: Mufit Cemal
authors: MC
authors: Yenen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008403:Mass Screening; D065006:Papanicolaou Test; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D014626:Vaginal Smears / Q000451:nursing*