The Effect of the Program on the Awareness of Roma Women on Cervical Cancer
Cervical Cancer
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Cervical Cancer focused on measuring Roma women, music therapy, early screening, cancer, awareness, health belief model
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Being romani
- Be woman
- Being married or living / living with a partner
- To be registered at Yavuz Selim Family Health Center
- 30 years of age or older (to accept as the starting age for scans)
- Being literate
- Not being educated about cervical cancer
- Not having been screened for cervical cancer before
- Not being pregnant or postpartum three-month jobs
- Agree to participate in research
- No communication barriers
Exclusion Criteria:
- Having had problems with the cervix before
- Having a cervical cancer screening
- Having had a hysterectomy operation
Sites / Locations
- Yavuz Selim Family Health Center
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Experimental: Intervention Group
No Intervention: Control Group
Firstly, Pre-tests were applied to the women in the experimental group. The 4-week training program created by taking into account the cultural characteristics of the Roma; It includes the Anatomy of Female Reproductive Organs, Anatomy of the Cervix, Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Early diagnosis and its importance, Pap smear test, HPV-DNA test, Cancer Early Diagnosis, Screening and Education Center. Afterwards, music therapy will be applied to the women in the experimental group with the song written and composed by the researchers who emphasized the importance of early diagnosis. At the end of the program, a focus group discussion will be held with the participants in the experimental group regarding their educational experiences, learning experiences for cervical cancer and screening, and program outcomes. Final tests will be made 3 months after the training ends.
First, pre-tests will be applied to the women in the control group. Women in this group will not be intervened and post-tests will be made 3 months after the pre-test.