pap smear test. Persons encountering health services for specific procedures and health care
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: The educational intervention is going to be conducted for the health volunteers through group discussion, booklets on communication skills, and educational pamphlets on Pap smear test
Prevention
The educational intervention is going to be conducted for the health volunteers through group discussion, booklets on communication skills, and educational pamphlets on Pap smear test in six sessions.
Sponsors
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (SUMS), Shiraz, Iran.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The inclusion criteria for health volunteers: being active health volunteers in health centers, having the ability to read and write, not changing one’s living place until the end of the study. The inclusion criteria for women: being married (married, widowed, divorced), not changing one’s living place until the end of the study. The exclusion criteria for health volunteers: having more than one absences form the training classes, not taking part in pre- or post-test, and changing one’s living place out of the research setting. The exclusion criteria for women: changing one’s living place outside the research setting, being diagnosed with cervical cancer, having done Pap smear test over the past 5 years, and having history of hysterectomy.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pap test use by women, experimental and control groups. Timepoint: Before and two months after intervention. Method of measurement: Questionnaire. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Structure protection motivation theory about the Pap test in women, experimental and control groups. Timepoint: Before and two months after intervention. Method of measurement: Questionnaire.;Assessment communication skills of health volunteers. Timepoint: Before and two months after intervention. Method of measurement: Questionnaire. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactLeila Ghahramani
School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (SUMS), Shiraz, Iran.
Outcome results
None listed