Nagamma Takkella, Chandrasekaran Varalakshmi, Konuri Anjaneyulu, Ashok Lena
Department of Biochemistry, Manipal Tata Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Department of Global Public Health Policy and Governance, Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
J Educ Health Promot. 2025 Feb 28;14:63. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_389_24. eCollection 2025.
Cervical cancer health literacy among Anganwadi teachers is very important. Further, they can educate community women through Anganwadi centers. The study aimed to assess cervical cancer health literacy among Anganwadi teachers by interventional study (pre-test survey followed by post-test survey)-an interprofessional approach.
A total of 141 women aged 18-50 years were employed in Anganwadi's in Udupi district. The participants were randomly assigned to the control (79) and intervention groups (62). Participants in the control group received health education through pamphlets, while the interventional group received health education through video. A validated questionnaire was designed to assess their knowledge and awareness about various risk factors, pap smear tests, and prevention and treatment of cervical cancer. Written consent was taken from all the women who voluntarily participated in the study. Descriptive data were presented as frequencies and percentages. Change in knowledge was assessed using the Student's -test.
On the pre-test, 38% and 35.5% in the control and interventional groups felt that personal hygiene was important to prevent cervical cancer. Both the groups had poor knowledge about causes (93.6%; 72.6%), Pap smear to detect cancer (91.9%; 76%), and symptoms (91%; 91.9%). Post-intervention, health literacy of cervical cancer was significantly ( = 0.001) improved in the video as an intervention group.
The intervention in the form of the pamphlet and video showed a very good impact on health literacy of cervical cancer. This study supports the importance of interventions in the form of videos and pamphlets to upgrade the level of health education about cervical cancer.
安格班瓦迪教师的宫颈癌健康素养非常重要。此外，他们可以通过安格班瓦迪中心对社区妇女进行教育。本研究旨在通过干预性研究（前测调查后进行后测调查）——一种跨专业方法，评估安格班瓦迪教师的宫颈癌健康素养。
共有141名年龄在18 - 50岁的女性受雇于乌度皮区的安格班瓦迪中心。参与者被随机分为对照组（79人）和干预组（62人）。对照组的参与者通过宣传册接受健康教育，而干预组通过视频接受健康教育。设计了一份经过验证的问卷，以评估她们对各种风险因素、巴氏涂片检查以及宫颈癌预防和治疗的知识与认识。所有自愿参与研究的女性均签署了书面知情同意书。描述性数据以频率和百分比表示。知识的变化使用学生t检验进行评估。
在前测中，对照组和干预组分别有38%和35.5%的人认为个人卫生对预防宫颈癌很重要。两组对病因（93.6%；72.6%）、检测癌症的巴氏涂片检查（91.9%；76%）和症状（91%；91.9%）的了解都很差。干预后，作为干预组的视频组宫颈癌健康素养有显著提高（P = 0.001）。
宣传册和视频形式的干预对宫颈癌健康素养产生了非常好的影响。本研究支持以视频和宣传册形式进行干预对于提升宫颈癌健康教育水平的重要性。
