Osei Evans Appiah, Ali Bakkari M, Boateng S A, Acquah A, Menlah A, Adusei A, Kumah J, Sekyi E K N
Purdue University, United States.
Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia.
Public Health. 2023 Oct;223:139-144. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2023.07.024. Epub 2023 Aug 29.
The majority of literature on cervical cancer (CC) and cervical cancer screening (CCS) focused on women all over the world. However, research has indicated that men's involvement in CCS can lead to improved health outcomes for women. Despite this, there is limited information available in the literature regarding men's attitudes toward CCS. This highlights the need for further study on the subject to increase understanding and improve outcomes. The purpose of this study was therefore to explore the perceptions and attitudes toward partners' support for CCS among married men from the Adentan Municipality.
An exploratory descriptive qualitative approach was used in the study to explore the perceptions of married men about male involvement in CCS.
Thirty-four married men were purposively selected to be part of the interviews. A semistructured interview guide was used to collect data, which were recorded. The tape-recorded data were reproduced verbatim, and content analysis was carried out to generate the themes and subthemes.
Three themes and nine subthemes were constructed from the data analysis. The study revealed that the perceptions of males about cervical cancer had a positive or a negative influence on women's behaviors toward CCS. It was interesting that some men constantly reminded their wives to participate in CCS. However, some barriers to men's support included fear of trauma to the wife's vagina during screening and concerns about exposure to the wife's nakedness.
It was therefore recommended that healthcare facilities should roll out sustainable programs and policies to involve men in CC prevention. In addition, health workers should devise innovative ways to make male involvement in CCS more attractive to men.
大多数关于宫颈癌（CC）和宫颈癌筛查（CCS）的文献都聚焦于全球女性。然而，研究表明男性参与宫颈癌筛查可改善女性的健康结局。尽管如此，文献中关于男性对宫颈癌筛查态度的信息有限。这凸显了对此主题进行进一步研究以增进理解并改善结局的必要性。因此，本研究的目的是探讨阿登坦市已婚男性对伴侣支持宫颈癌筛查的看法和态度。
本研究采用探索性描述性定性方法，以探究已婚男性对男性参与宫颈癌筛查的看法。
有目的地选取34名已婚男性参与访谈。使用半结构化访谈指南收集数据并进行记录。逐字转录录音数据，并进行内容分析以生成主题和子主题。
通过数据分析构建了三个主题和九个子主题。研究表明，男性对宫颈癌的看法对女性接受宫颈癌筛查的行为有积极或消极影响。有趣的是，一些男性会不断提醒妻子参与宫颈癌筛查。然而，男性提供支持存在一些障碍，包括担心筛查过程中对妻子阴道造成创伤以及担心看到妻子裸体。
因此，建议医疗机构应推出可持续的项目和政策，让男性参与宫颈癌预防。此外，卫生工作者应想出创新方法，使男性参与宫颈癌筛查对他们更具吸引力。
