Determinants of Preventive Health Behavior in Relation to Cervical Cancer Screening among the Female Population of Belgrade

Autor/inn/en	Matejic, Bojana; Vukovic, Dejana; Pekmezovic, Tatjana; Kesic, Vesna; Markovic, Milica
Titel	Determinants of Preventive Health Behavior in Relation to Cervical Cancer Screening among the Female Population of Belgrade
Quelle	In: Health Education Research, 26 (2011) 2, S.201-211 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0268-1153
DOI	10.1093/her/cyq081
Schlagwörter	Health Services; Health Promotion; Females; Cancer; Health Behavior; Primary Health Care; Multivariate Analysis; Social Networks; Foreign Countries; Screening Tests; Questionnaires; Diseases; Yugoslavia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Carcinoma; Karzinom; Krebs (med); Krebserkrankung; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Gesundheitsvorsorge; Multivariate Analyse; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Ausland; Screening-Verfahren; Fragebogen; Disease; Krankheit; Jugoslawien
Abstract	Identifying the factors that deter or stimulate the women to participate in screening activities is very important in order to design effective education and motivation strategies, particularly in the countries without an organized system. The study employed a case-control design. The participants were recruited in four primary health care institutions in Belgrade over a month. The study group comprised all women aged 18-70 years, who demonstrated an initiative for a PAP- smear. The controls were women with no Pap smears within the last 4 years, matched by age ([plus or minus]2 years), education and marital status with the study group participants. The study instrument was the 62-item self-administered questionnaire. According to multivariate analysis, adherence to cervical cancer screening practices is significantly related to better financial status [odds ratio (OR) = 10.8, P = 0.001], no gender preference for a gynecologist (OR = 3.1, P = 0.015), consultations with a gynecologist (OR = 4.7, P = 0.029), conversation with the women with cervical cancer about that disease (OR = 2.8, P = 0.029) and higher media exposure to information about cervical cancer prevention (OR = 5.0, P = 0.004). Open communication, social networks and improving social-economic status of women in our society are the most prominent factors, most of which are mainly outside the health services' domain and require multisectoral collaboration to improve women's reproductive health. (As Provided).
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