Impact of health education intervention on demand of women for cervical cancer screening: a cluster-randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cervical cancer is considered preventable disease, though it is the second largest killer of women's cancer in low and middle-income countries. Despite the government's attempts to broaden screening facilities, the screening service utilization was poor. Our study evaluated the impact of health education intervention on women's demand for cervical cancer screening.

Methods

Community-based cluster-randomized controlled trial was conducted in thirty district towns as clusters in Tigray region, Ethiopia. A total of 700 women aged 20 to 60 years were recruited for both groups using simple random sampling from April to July, 2018. After baseline data collection, health education intervention was given to the intervention group by trained health professionals using powe

SUBMITTER: Abera GB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9526972 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature