Background: Cervical cancer is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among women in low and middle-income countries. The aim: to evaluate the effect of educational program on knowledge and attitudes towards cervical cancer screening among women at reproductive age. Research design: Quasi-experimental design (pre-test, post-test) was used to achieve the aim of this study. Sample: A purposive sample of 100 women was used. Data Collection Tool, questionnaire (I): A structured interviewing questionnaire which included socio-demographic characteristics of women, marital and reproductive history (II) knowledge regarding cervical cancer and screening questionnaire (III) Attitudes toward cervical cancer and screening questionnaire. Results: Before the educational program, 21% of the participated women had poor knowledge regarding cervical cancer and screening; later, that number dropped to none, and 31% and 69% had moderate and good knowledge respectively, post-implementation. On the other hand, 62% of the studied women had a positive attitude regarding cervical cancer screening before the educational program but it increased to 82% post-implementation of an educational program. Conclusion: The study concluded that the educational program positively affected knowledge and attitudes toward cervical cancer screening among women at reproductive age. Recommendation: Periodically screening for cervical cancer among women of reproductive age in the obstetric hospital and maternal-child health centers
Healthy infants at weaning age are growing and developing very fast, so great care must be taken to ensure they are getting enough of the right food. The aim was to investigate the effect of health guidelines on mothers' awareness regarding weaning practices. Design: A quazi -experimental design was used. Settings: The present study was collected from Suzan medical center and the general medical center of Alfekria city. Tools: three main tools was used: A first was Socio-demographic parts of the newly lactated mothers, the second was the problem and challenges of weaning, the third was mother's awareness related to weaning, which consisted of three subparts including mother's knowledge, attitude, and weaning practices. Results: Nearly half of the newly lactated mothers have secondary education, and more than half are aged between 25 and 29. More than two-fifth of the newly lactated mothers with good knowledge levels before implementing health guidelines improved to almost them after implementing health guidelines. The vast majority of the newly lactated mothers who had a positive attitude before implementing health guidelines turned to the most after implementing health guidelines. Also, the majority of the participant mothers had good practices before implementing health guidelines and improved most of them after implementing health guidelines. Conclusion: Newly lactated mothers' awareness was improved after implementing health guidelines about weaning, which indicated the effectiveness of the used guidelines on improving their knowledge, attitude, and practices. Recommendations: continues health educational guidelines for newly pregnant women to prepare them for future responsibility regarding their health and their infants.
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