Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention (아시아태평양암예방학회)
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Awareness and Practices Regarding Breast and Cervical Cancer among Turkish Women in Gazientep

  • Karadag, Gulendam (Department of Public Health Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences) ;
  • Gungormus, Zeynep (Department of Public Health Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences) ;
  • Surucu, Ramazan (SEV American Hospital) ;
  • Savas, Esen (Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Gaziantep University) ;
  • Bicer, Fulya (Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences)
  • Published : 2014.02.01
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Abstract

Background: Cancer is a major public health problem both in our country and worldwide due to its disease burden, fatality and tendency for increased incidence. In Turkey, breast cancer ranks first with an incidence of 41.6% and cervical cancer is the tenth most common cancer with an incidence of 4.4%. Objectives and Design: This descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted with 240 women aged from 15 to 65 years admitted to a gynecology-obstetrics outpatient clinic of a private hospital in Gaziantep. Study data were collected by the investigators through a 36-item questionnaire form which was generated using information gathered from similar surveys in the literature. Results: It was determined that 34.6% of women were high-school graduates, and 64.2% had a medium income level. The majority (79.2%) stated that they never performed BSE and 49.5% of them said that they did not know how to do it. Some 79.2% did not know what a Pap smear was and 73.3% had not experienced a smear test ever. Conclusions: In this study, we found that most of the women had insufficient knowledge of breast and cervical cancer, while knowledge and practices increased with the education level. Based on these findings, we suggest that there is a need for planning, implementation and assessment of health policies and healthcare services at the national and regional level and we believe that nurses working in the field of protective health services should develop educational programmes for women with a primary focus on cancer in order to increase awareness among the female population in Turkey.

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