title: Development of an educational program to prevent cervical cancer among immigrants in Korea.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This study developed and measured the effects of a cervical cancer prevention program for married women immigrants.
  
  
  METHODS
  A nonequivalent control group pre-test/post-test design was used with a group of married women immigrants registered at the multi-cultural center in the city of "J. " Data on for 30 participants in the intervention group and 27 participants in the control group (N=57) were used for analysis. The intervention group attended a 4-session cervical cancer prevention program.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The knowledge of the intervention and control groups about cervical cancer post-intervention was significantly different (F=12.55, p<0.001). The perceived susceptibility score before and after the experiment, for the intervention group, and 29.4 and 28 for the control group, was significantly different (t=2.063, p=0.043). After the program, cancer prevention behavior was significantly different in the intervention group (t=2.646, p=0.010).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results obtained in this study indicate that the cervical cancer preventive program was effective in increasing cervical cancer knowledge, perceived susceptibility, and cancer prevention behavior.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Institute of Health Science, Gyeong-Sang National University, Chinju, Republic of Korea E-mail : csy4214@hanmail.net.
authors.forename: So Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000193:education*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015438:Health Behavior; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D065006:Papanicolaou Test; D011379:Prognosis; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014626:Vaginal Smears