The effect of educational interventions on breast cancer screening behavior among health volunteer in Abhar

Abstract

Introduction: breast cancer is very common and is second common cancer between women in the world. Understanding sift methods and doing regular diagnostic test has a significant role in reducing incidence and death of cancer. Therefore this research aims to investigate the effects of training based on belief of health volunteer style on sift behavior of breast cancer with local language between health care liaisons in Abhar. Materials and Methods: this study is a pre-post test and fild study with control group. Health care liaisons participated in this study. 6 general health care center and 10 stations are active in Abhar city. 2 centers selected randomly and 72 health ceare liaisons that parisipated in this study divided in intervention and control groups. Data collected by health volunteer belief questionnaire that compose of 61 questions with 8 items and its Cornbach's Alfa was 90%. In first step demographic data and health volunteer questions completed by both groups then intervention group trained for 7 sessions that each of them was 120 seconds and implemented one time every week. After intervention, the questionnaire answered again by both groups. Collected data analyzed by covariance, T, and x2 test. Results: results from x2 and independent t test showed there is no significant differencest between control and intervention groups in age, age of starting period , knowledge, job, income, number of children, type of feeding, breast disceases in one self and her family, and self breast test. Also there were no significant differences between self-efficiency, self-testing and hindrance of test but there was significant differences about understood usefulness of mammography before and after intervention (p <0.05). Results of co-variance test, before and after intervention showed significant differences between understood usefulness and hindrance of breast cancer sift (breast self -test and mammography) and selfefficacy between control and intervention groups (p<0.05). Conclusion: training based on local language and culture can increase awareness of women about breast cancer sift and increases early detection of breast cancer and reducing related problems.