Cancer Related Knowledge and Cancer Prevention Behaviors of Female Students of a Boarding High School
Abstract
Objective: The simplest and most effective way to prevent cancer is to have the necessary knowledge and behaviors about healthy life. The best time to gain knowledge and behavior changes is the youth period. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of “training to increase cancer knowledge and cancer prevention behaviors” on female students of a boarding high school.Methods: This pre-posttest intervention research has a sample consisted of 410 female students. After the pre-test, students were given training for 3 weeks 12 hours . After a month of training, the post-test was applied to the students.Results: The mean age of the students was found to be 15.4±0.62. 19.5% of the students have a relative who has a cancer diagnosis in the family. It was determined that 12% of the students didn’t receive knowledge of protection/prevention from cancer and cancer symptoms. 58% of the students find their knowledge to be “insufficient”. After the training program, students’ knowledge score mean and healthy lifestyle behaviors increased p
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Abstract
Amaç: Kanserden korunmanın en basit ve en etkili yolu sağlıklı yaşam konusunda gerekli bilgiye ve davranışlara sahip olmaktır. Bilgi ve davranış değişikliği kazandırmak için en uygun zaman ise gençlik dönemidir. Bu araştırmanın amacı, kanser bilgisini artırma ve kanserden korunmaya yönelik davranışlar kazandırmaya yönelik eğitim programının lisede okuyan kız öğrencilerin bilgi ve davranışları üzerine etkisini incelemektir. Yöntem: Araştırma, ön test-son test kontrol grupsuz müdahale araştırması türündedir. Örneklemi 410 kız öğrenci oluşturmuştur. Ön test uygulamasının ardından öğrencilere üç hafta boyunca 12 saat kanser bildiğini artırma ve kanserden korunma davranışları kazandırmaya yönelik eğitim verilmiştir. Eğitimden bir ay sonra son test uygulaması yapılmıştır. Bulgular: Araştırmaya katılan öğrencilerin yaş ortalamasının 15,4±0,62 olduğu; %19,5’inin ailesinde kanser tanısı alan bir yakını bulunduğu saptanmıştır. Öğrencilerin %12’sinin kanser belirtileri ve kanserden korunma konusunda bilgi almadığı belirlenmiştir. Öğrencilerin %58’i bilgilerini “yetersiz” bulmaktadır. Eğitim programı sonrasında öğrencilerin bilgi puan ortalamalarının ve sağlıklı yaşam biçimi davranışlarına sahip olma oranlarının arttığı belirlenmiştir p
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| Primary Language | Turkish |
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| Journal Section | Research Article |
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| Publication Date | September 1, 2020 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2020Issue: 3 |