ABSTRACT

Introduction: Prevention and Screening for cancer is plays important role to reduce mortality and morbidity by early detection and treatment. However, despite availability of various screening method for cervical cancer, women are not showing interest to participate in screening in regions where programme are available.

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of CHO led education program on level of attitude among experimental and control group women at the selected Villages of Boudh.

Methodology: Quantitative research approach and Quasi experimental design was adopted in this study. Convenient sampling Technique was adopted to select the sample for the study. Total 20 Samples – 10 for experimental group and 10 for control group were selected.

Result and Findings:    Regarding demographic variable the study findings are: majority 40% and 70% of women were in the age group of 25-35yrs and 36-45yrs in the experimental and control group respectively. With regards to attitude of Screening method it was found that in experimental group all 10(100%) women had positive attitude whereas from control group only 1(10%) had accepted for test.

Conclusion- This study findings highlights that participants attitude in the experimental group was better than control group women. Hence there should be more awareness programme to be conducted for prevention screening procedures and facility to be provided all health centres for all women.

Keywords: Attitude, Cancer cervix, Prevention, Education programme.