Chibuike O Chigbu1, Azubuike K Onyebuchi2, Tonia C Onyeka3, Boniface U Odugu4, Cyril C Dim1. 1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Nsukka, Nigeria. 2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Nigeria. 3. Department of Anaesthesia, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Nsukka, Nigeria. 4. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Enugu State University Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine the impact of trained community health educators on the uptake of cervical and breast cancer screening, and HPV vaccination in rural communities in southeast Nigeria. METHODS: A prospective population-based intervention study, with a before-and-after design, involved four randomly selected communities in southeast Nigeria from February 2014 to February 2016. Before the intervention, baseline data were collected on the uptake of cervical and breast cancer prevention services. The intervention was house-to-house education on cervical cancer and breast cancer prevention. Postintervention outcome measures included the uptake of cervical and breast cancer screening, and HPV vaccination within 6 months of intervention. RESULTS: In total, 1327 women were enrolled. Before the intervention, 42 (3.2%) women had undergone cervical cancer screening; afterwards, 897 (67.6%) women had received screening (P<0.001). Clinical breast examination was performed for 59 (4.4%) women before and 897 (67.6%) after the intervention (P<0.001). Only 2 (0.9%) of 214 children eligible for HPV vaccination had received the vaccine before versus 71 (33.2%) after the intervention (P<0.001). CONCLUSION: The use of community health educators for house-to-house cervical and breast cancer prevention education was associated with significant increases in the uptake of cervical cancer screening, clinical breast examination, and HPV vaccination.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the impact of trained community health educators on the uptake of cervical and breast cancer screening, and HPV vaccination in rural communities in southeast Nigeria. METHODS: A prospective population-based intervention study, with a before-and-after design, involved four randomly selected communities in southeast Nigeria from February 2014 to February 2016. Before the intervention, baseline data were collected on the uptake of cervical and breast cancer prevention services. The intervention was house-to-house education on cervical cancer and breast cancer prevention. Postintervention outcome measures included the uptake of cervical and breast cancer screening, and HPV vaccination within 6 months of intervention. RESULTS: In total, 1327 women were enrolled. Before the intervention, 42 (3.2%) women had undergone cervical cancer screening; afterwards, 897 (67.6%) women had received screening (P<0.001). Clinical breast examination was performed for 59 (4.4%) women before and 897 (67.6%) after the intervention (P<0.001). Only 2 (0.9%) of 214 children eligible for HPV vaccination had received the vaccine before versus 71 (33.2%) after the intervention (P<0.001). CONCLUSION: The use of community health educators for house-to-house cervical and breast cancer prevention education was associated with significant increases in the uptake of cervical cancer screening, clinical breast examination, and HPV vaccination.
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