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. 2018 Apr 25;19(4):875-884.
doi: 10.22034/APJCP.2018.19.4.875.

Educational Interventions for Cervical Cancer Screening Behavior of Women: A Systematic Review

Marzieh Saei Ghare Naz  1 , Nourossadat Kariman, Abbas Ebadi, Giti Ozgoli, Vida Ghasemi, Farzaneh Rashidi Fakari
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Educational Interventions for Cervical Cancer Screening Behavior of Women: A Systematic Review

Marzieh Saei Ghare Naz et al. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. .

Abstract

Background: Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women worldwide; early detection can play a key role in reducing the associated morbidity. The objective of this study was to systematically assess the effects of educational interventions on cervical cancer screening (CCS) behavior of women. Methods: In this review the Cochrane library, Web of Science, Science Direct, PubMed, Scopus and search engine of Google scholar were searched for all interventional studies (trails, pre- and post-test or quasi-experimental) published in 2000-2017 for a systematic review, The search was based on the following keywords: cervix cancer, uterine cervical neoplasms, screening, prevention and control, Papanicolaou Test, pap test, pap smear, education, intervention, systematic review. Due to the heterogeneity of the data, a qualitative analysis was performed. Results: Thirty seven articles with 15,658 female participants in different parts of world were included in the review. About three quarters of the articles covered behavior change interventions. About one fourth of the articles were based on health education methods. The heath belief model is the most popular used framework for cervical cancer screening interventions. The results of our study showed that different health education methods (such as calls, mailed postcards, mother/daughter education. consultation sessions, picture books, videos, PowerPoint slides, small group discussions, educational brochures, radio broadcast education, lecture presentations, tailored counseling and a fact sheet, Self-learning package, face-to- face interviews and etc) are effective in modifying cervical cancer screening behavior of women. Conclusions: Our results showed that the different interventions and health behavior change frameworks provide an effective base for cervical cancer prevention. Heath providers can chose educational methods based on the particular client situations.

Keywords: Cervical cancer; screening; systematic review; prevention; Pap test; cervical neoplasm.

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