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Effects of mobile Health (mHealth) application on cervical cancer prevention knowledge and screening among women social support groups with low-socioeconomic status in Mysuru city, Southern India

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Hombaiah, Chandana, Madhu, B., Gopi, Arun, Narayana Murthy, M. R.·2022·PLOS ONE
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0273070PMC PMC9436151
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Background: Cervical cancer is an important area of action because of the mortality and morbidity of the disease, and the potential for effective prevention by screening. Involving the social support groups by health education improves cervical cancer screening and early detection of the disease in the community. In the ongoing efforts to strengthen cervical cancer prevention, control, and management, digital health and technology will have a significant role to play. Objective: To assess the effectiveness of the mHealth-based intervention on cervical cancer preparedness among women social support groups. Materials & methods: A pre-post interventional study was conducted among women social support groups from lower socio-economic status, identified from the field practice area. Purposive sampling technique was employed. A Cervical Cancer Awareness Measure (CAM) instrument was used to assess the cancer preparedness among the social support group women After taking inputs from the stakeholders’ mobile health application was developed. The mHealth educational intervention was given to 102 women. Both pre-and post-test questionnaires were administered through mHealth application to assess the change in knowledge after a gap of 1 month to 2 months. The data obtained was coded and entered into Microsoft Excel worksheet 2016 and was later imported and analyzed using SPSS version 22 (licensed to the Institute). The difference in median scores of knowledge and practice were interpreted as statistically significant at p value of < 0.05. Results & conclusion: Before the intervention only 13 (12.7%) of them had heard about cervical cancer. There was a significant increase in the knowledge about warning signs & symptoms, risk factors of cervical cancer, and HPV vaccination. Around 5% increase in Pap smear test uptake.

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  • Addressing structural and motivational barriers may be essential to raising participation rates as knowledge does not always translate into action.

    “Addressing structural and motivational barriers may be essential to raising participation rates as knowledge does not always translate into action [9, 44, 51, 65].”

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    The Results (page not available in our copy) show that knowledge improved significantly after the mHealth intervention, while Pap-test participation rose from 4.9% to 8.8% without a statistically significant change. This supports the point that knowledge does not always translate into screening, but the paper does not identify structural or motivational barriers or test whether addressing them raises participation. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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Hombaiah, C., Madhu, B., Gopi, A., & Narayana Murthy, M. R.
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JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research (IN)
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Hombaiah, Chandana
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PLOS ONE
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Published
2022-09-01
Volume
17
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9
Pages
e0273070
ISSN
1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0273070
PMC
PMC9436151
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Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Women's cancer prevention and management
Keywords
cervical cancer, cervical cancer screening, mobile health apps, mobile health intervention, low socioeconomic status, cervical cancer knowledge, Pap smear uptake, HPV vaccination, cervical cancer awareness, digital health education, Mysore
MeSH terms
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms, Female, Humans, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Mass Screening, Surveys and Questionnaires, Social Class, Social Support, Vaginal Smears, Telemedicine, Early Detection of Cancer, Papanicolaou Test

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