The effects of well-designed group health education of cervical cancer and Pap test for junior high school students

• Main Authors: Hsueh-Yun Chang, 張雪雲
• Other Authors: Jong-long Guo
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2004
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/23268154428881935671

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 衛生教育研究所 === 92 === The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of well-designed group health education of cervical cancer and Pap test for junior high school students. The study focused on improving students’ knowledge, attitudes and behavioral intention regarding cervical cancer and Pap test. A quasi-experimental design was employed in this study. The subjects were consisted of 635 junior high school students. The interventions for experimental group included 2-hour structured course and learning worksheets. On the contrary, the control group did not receive any intervention. Both groups were assessed by the questionnaires before and after interventions. Three female and two male students were interviewed to collect the qualitative data regarding course process evaluation. The main findings in this study were as follows： 1.There was a significant impact in improving knowledge score of cervical cancer and Pap test for subjects in the experimental group compared those in the control group. 2. There was no significant impact in improving the attitude score of Pap test for subjects in the experimental group compared those in the control group. 3.There was a significant impact in improving the behavioral intention score of Pap test for subjects in the experimental group compared those in the control group. 4.There were 61.2% subjects liked this intervention, 85.1% felt it was useful and 88.6% felt these was helpful to learning . 5.There were 43.5% females and 22.3% males have asked their female relatives if receieveing a Pap test before group health education intervention, and 76.0% females and 41.4% males did after. There was a significant impact in improving the percentage for female subjects before intervention compared those in males. So is the case for after intervention. 6.There were 58.8% females and 33.1% males have urged their female relatives on receieveing a Pap test after group health education intervention. 7.There were 75.3% females and 40.9% males have shared their female relatives on learning workseet 1, and 77.9% females and 42.3% males did on learning workseet 2 after group health education intervention. There were 78.7% subjects felt these wre helpful to their female relatives. 8.Acording to the learning worksheets, there were 5.2% of experimental group’s female relatives have never thinking about receiving a Pap test, 8.4% have thinking about Pap test but did not receive it, and 86.4% have received a Pap test. There were 5.2% in precontemplation stage for receiving Pap test, 27.1% in contemplation stage, 34.8% in preparation stage, and 38.0% in action stage. Based on the results, this study suggests that future study can explore the longitudinal effects of cervical cancer and Pap test education intervention to verify its effectiveness. Health education teachers can deliver such a program to adult students and other health subjects in order to help them and improve their health. Health education providers can deliver such a group health education intervention about females’ health to males and females.