Nguyen Thi Hai Le1*, Tran Thi Van2, Nguyen Van Huy3, Nguyen Thanh Huong1
1Hanoi University of Public Health
2Vietnam Academy of Traditional Medicine
3Hanoi Medical University
Objective: Cervical cancer is the most leading causes of death in women aged 15-49. Cervical cancer screening is asserted an important solution to reduce the burden and early death caused by cervical cancer. A communication intervention aimed at promoting cervical cancer screening of women was implemented in Chi Linh, Hai Duong from 4/2015 to 4/2016.
Methods: This study was conducted in July 2016 by interviewing 320 married women aged 15-49, and used describe statistical techniques and propensity score matching (PSM) to measure the impact of the intervention on cervical cancer screening intention of participants.
Results: The result shows that 90,6% women have had cervical cancer screening intention. PSM demonstrated that exposing to the communication intervention impact significantly on cervical cancer screening intention of women in Chi Linh, increasing by 7,9% (corresponding to 158 women) (p<0,05).
Conclusions: This is evidence for the strengthening and development of communication interventions for cervical cancer prevention in future in Vietnam.
Keywords: Intention, cervical cancer screening, communication, impact.
*Corresponding author: Nguyen Thi Hai Le
Work place: Hanoi University of Public Health
Email: hailehsph@gmail.com