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Ovarian Cancer Knowledge in Women and Providers Following Education with Inside Knowledge Campaign Materials

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Because no effective methods for preventing or screening for ovarian cancer exist, symptom recognition is integral to its early detection. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Inside Knowledge: Get the Facts about Gynecologic Cancer campaign was developed to raise awareness and educate women and providers about risk factors, symptoms, recommended screening, and prevention strategies for the five main gynecologic cancers, including ovarian cancer. Inside Knowledge campaign materials were utilized by CDC’s National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program grantees to educate women and providers about gynecologic cancer from 2014 to 2015. Grantees recruited participants and held educational sessions using Inside Knowledge materials. Questionnaires were given before and after the sessions to assess changes in awareness, confidence, and behavioral intentions around gynecologic cancer information and analyzed in 2016. This analysis focused on an assessment of changes related to ovarian cancer information. Participants’ knowledge increased after educational sessions. Among women, there were increases in correctly identifying that the Papanicolaou (Pap) test does not screen for ovarian cancer (89.2%) and that genetic testing is available (77.9%). There was a lower increase in knowledge that HPV is not a cause of ovarian cancer (56.4%). Providers and women reported significant increases in their confidence in their ability to talk to each other about gynecologic cancer post-session. Ovarian cancer awareness, confidence, and related behaviors increased in participants exposed to Inside Knowledge materials. Using these materials to increase knowledge could lead to more empowered patients, better provider-patient communications, and improved care for gynecologic cancers, including ovarian cancer.

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  1. Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy, Mailstop F-76, Atlanta, GA, 30341, USA

    Mary C. Puckett, Julie S. Townsend, Cynthia A. Gelb & Sherri L. Stewart

  2. Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Cancer Prevention and Control Section, Lansing, MI, 48913, USA

    Polly Hager

  3. Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Control Program, Madison, WI, 53726, USA

    Amy Conlon

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CDC determined that this study constituted public health practice and did not require Institutional Review Board (IRB) review. OMB reviewed and approved all data collection aspects of this study, including the questionnaires. Per OMB regulations, informed consent was obtained from all participants, and all questionnaires contained the OMB approval number 0920-0800.

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Puckett, M.C., Townsend, J.S., Gelb, C.A. et al. Ovarian Cancer Knowledge in Women and Providers Following Education with Inside Knowledge Campaign Materials. J Canc Educ 33, 1285–1293 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-017-1245-0

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