Van Mother-Child Health and Family Planning Center Pap Smear Clinics of Information, Evaluation of Applicants

Abstract

Objective: In this study of women admitted to our center with information on pap smear test, to evaluate the attitudes and behavior. Materials and Methods: This descriptive study of Van Mother-Child Health and Family Planning Center on a voluntary basis, women aged 15-49 were admitted to the control. The education level of participants, age at first marriage, before the presence of vaginal infection, the story, and motivations pap smear level of information availability, and a family history of cancer, administered a questionnaire asking the state to have a regular income. Results: The study included 362 women with age and hear the pap smear test was significantly increased (p = 0.01). Working women and pap smear level of knowledge (p = 0.04) and pap smears than women not working for International rates significantly higher (p = 0.02). Treatment of vaginal infection at least once before to get there was a significant relationship between the pap smear motivations (p>0.05). Family history of gynecologic cancer or non-gynecologic cancer smears have significantly increased the level of motivations (p = 0.0001). Pap smear information, regular the economic income of those levels, significantly higher than those without regular income (p = 0.0001). Conclusion: We serve the region, with low socio-economic characteristics that are considered, gynecological examination by health workers or women from the home visits, pap smear test for what purpose and how often you get the work done and the importance of explaining and giving more space to this issue suggest that the written and visual media. Keywords: Pap smears, health care, education