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Interventional Education Methods for Increasing Women’s Participation in Breast Cancer Screening Program

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of the three methods of education—individual, individual with an educational brochure for spouses, and group—on participation on breast cancer screening in Turkey. A total of 550 home visits were made and 446 women were interviewed to accrue 327 women for the study, 26.7 % of whom reported receiving a screening mammogram within the past 2 years. Participants were divided into one of the three educational groups, and following the educational session, they were invited to attend a breast cancer screening program. The results indicated that the decision to have a screening mammogram was influenced by the method of education and the knowledge score. Women, who were educated, within a group scored the highest. These results demonstrate that group education is an effective method of increasing breast cancer knowledge and screening awareness.

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  1. Koc University, School of Nursing, İstanbul, Turkey

    Memnun Seven & Aygül Akyüz

  2. School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Lyn B. Robertson

  3. Division Hematology/Oncology, Graduate School of Public Health CBHS, University of Pittsburgh, 5150 Centre Avenue Room 524, Pittsburgh, 15232, PA, USA

    Lyn B. Robertson

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Seven, M., Akyüz, A. & Robertson, L.B. Interventional Education Methods for Increasing Women’s Participation in Breast Cancer Screening Program. J Canc Educ 30, 244–252 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-014-0709-8

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