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The Effects of an Educational Intervention on Preventing Cervical Cancer Among Vietnamese Women in Southern Taiwan

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This paper aims to conduct and evaluate an educational intervention on preventing cervical cancer among married immigrant women of Vietnamese origin. The study design was a quasi-experimental method with two groups. In total, 260 married immigrant women of Vietnamese origin with national health insurance at least 30 years of age were recruited from November 2013 to January 2015 in southern Taiwan. The effects of the educational intervention, including cervical cancer and Papanicolaou test knowledge, attitudes towards cervical cancer, fatalism, barriers to receiving Papanicolaou tests, intention for receiving Papanicolaou tests within the next year, and intention for receiving Papanicolaou tests within the next 3 years, were evaluated. Repeated measures analyses of variance showed significant interactions between the intervention group and time for cervical cancer knowledge, knowledge of Papanicolaou test, attitudes towards cervical cancer, and intention for receiving a Papanicolaou test within the next 3 years; in addition, 71.4 % reported being satisfied or very satisfied with the intervention. The results of this study can provide information for governments to make appropriate health policies for screening behavior of cervical cancer, increase healthcare professionals’ competencies towards Vietnamese women, and increase Papanicolaou test screening rates to decrease cervical cancer mortality. Effective interventions may require particular consideration of married immigrant women.

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The financial support provided for our research by National Science Council (NSC 100-2314-B-037-008), Taiwan, is gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Department of Nursing, Chung Hwa University of Medical Technology, Tainan, Taiwan

    Fang-Hsin Lee

  2. College of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, No. 100 Shih-Chuan 1st Road, San-Ming District, Kaohsiung, 80708, Taiwan

    Hsiu-Hung Wang & Yung-Mei Yang

  3. Department of Nursing, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan City, Taiwan

    Hsiu-Min Tsai

  4. Department of Family Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

    Joh-Jong Huang

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Lee, FH., Wang, HH., Yang, YM. et al. The Effects of an Educational Intervention on Preventing Cervical Cancer Among Vietnamese Women in Southern Taiwan. J Canc Educ 32, 622–628 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-016-1012-7

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