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Ethics code: IR.YUMS.REC.1401.165
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Received: 2025/07/8 | Accepted: 2025/08/11
Received: 2025/07/8 | Accepted: 2025/08/11
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Ghodsi N, Manzouri L, Mousavizade A, Moradi-Joo M. Assessment of Health Literacy in Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening in Southwest of Iran 2022-2023. J Clinic Care Skill 2025; 6 (3) :1001-1007
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Assessment of Health Literacy in Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening in Southwest of Iran 2022-2023
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Background
this study was conducted to assess the health literacy related to breast and cervical cancer screening.
Methods
It was a cross-sectional study that was approved by the ethic committee of Yasuj University of Medical Sciences. Through computer based simple random sampling, 294 women aged 20-69 years old, enrolled study from four urban health centers of Yasuj city since 2022-2023. Written informed consent was taken from all participants. Inclusion criteria were: women aged 20-69 years old, ability to read and write, consent to participate in the study. Exclusion criteria were: incomplete completion the check list and questionnaire. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 25 software by Mann-whitney, Kruskal wallis and ordinal logistic regression tests.
ResultsMean age of participants was 33±7.88 years. Mean score of health literacy related to breast and cervical cancer screening was 42.55±5.43. Level of health literacy were favorable, intermediate and unfavorable in 145 (49.3%), 116(39.5%) and 33(11.2%), respectively. Health literacy was significantly higher in participants with higher education (p= 0.0001), employed (p=0.0001) and married (p=0.023). Based on ordinal logistic regression, only the level of education was the predicting factor of health literacy (p=0.0001).
Conclusion
Given that, half of participants didn’t have adequate health literacy and education level was the strongest predictor of health literacy, health policy makers and health care providers should consider interventions based on demographic characteristics such as revising/simplifying teaching materials, including oral, pictorial and written materials in the form of posters, pamphlets to increase health literacy skill in the community.
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