Effect of Cervical Cancer Preventive Program Based on a Health Belief Model on the Knowledge and Beliefs of Women in Port Said City

Background: Cervical cancer is the leading cause of death worldwide, especially in developing countries. Cervical cancer is a highly preventable and curable cancer compared with other types of cancer, if detected at an early stage. Aim: The present study aims to assess the effect of cervical cancer preventive program based on a health belief model on the knowledge and beliefs of women in Port Said city. Method: A quasi-experimental research design was utilized in this study one group (pre & post-test) at five gynecological and family planning clinics in primary health care centers in Port Said city which affiliated by Egypt Health Care Authority. A multi- stage cluster sampling technique was used for 110 women were included in the study. Two tools were used to gather the required data consisted of; Tool (1) women’s knowledge questionnaire about cervical cancer (2) Health Belief Model Scale. Results : The study revealed that 89.1% of the studied women had satisfactory level of total knowledge and 83.6% of them had high level of total beliefs about cervical cancer prevention at post implementation of cervical cancer preventive program . Conclusion : It can be concluded that after implementation of the educational program, significant improvement with highly statistical differences were noticed in women's knowledge, and in all subscales of total women’s beliefs about cervical cancer. Trial Registration Number (TRN) The study protocol was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University {code number: NUR 13/2/2022 (10)}.