Effect of educational intervention followed by reminders regarding participation of women in the cervical screening programme Devi Seeta1,*, Dasila Prabha2, Suryavanshi Maneesha R3 1PhD Scholar, MGM University of Health Sciences, Navi Mumbai; 2Professor & Director, MGM University, Department of Nursing, Navi Mumbai; 3MD, HoD, OBGyn Department, Talera Hospital, Pimpri, Pune *Corresponding Author: Seeta Devi PhD Scholar, MGM University of Health Sciences, Navi Mumbai
Online published on 25 September, 2018. Abstract Background In India, the cervical cancer cases had increased from 0.11 million in 2000 to 0.16 million in 2010. The proportion of the range is increased from 15% to 55% female cancers from different parts of India. Over 80% of the cervical cancer cased reported in the hospitals in advanced stage and annually 80, 00 deaths are reported in India Objective To assess the participation of women for cervical screening after reminders through telephone calls, written letters and Mails Methodology Pre experimental design; one-group pretest post-test design was used and study was conducted in selected Urban Health Centers. The sample size was 167 and multistage sampling technique was used. The information booklet was administered which had the information on secondary prevention and early detection of cervical cancer. In the pretest structured interview was conducted, after intervention post test was conducted. Reminders were given those who have not participated in the screening on the day of intervention Results Results shows that, on the day of intervention 19.10%, after giving reminder by written letters 42.70%, Reminder by written letters 42.70%, reminder by telephone calls 38.20% of the participants have participated in cervical screening and none of the women was participated by SMS reminder. Conclusion It is concluded that reminder by written letters has more effective than other reminders. Top Keywords Educational intervention, reminders, participation of women, cervical screening programme. Top |