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Volume 2, Issue 2 (Suppl) Breast Can Curr Res
ISSN: 2572-4118 BCCR, an open access journal Breast Cancer Summit 2017
May 08-10, 2017
May 08-10, 2017 Singapore
4th World Congress on
Breast Cancer
Effects of peer group education on breast cancer screening beliefs and participation in Iranian women
with a family history of breast cancer
Ziba Farajzadegan and Fariba Fatollahi
Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among Iranian women. Breast cancer screening methods have led to earlier
diagnosis and improvement in the survival of breast cancer patients. However, Iranian women with a family history of breast cancer
are less likely to participate in breast cancer screening programs. In this study we have evaluated the effectiveness of peer group based
intervention in promoting breast cancer screening participation in women with a family history of breast cancer.
Method: Women with a family history of breast cancer who were 20 years or older and in pre contemplation, contemplation, or
relapse stage of breast cancer screening according to Trans Theoretical Model (TTM) were included. A computerized randomization
was performed to allocate participants to the intervention or the control group. In order to prepare peer group leaders, an educational
program was held for volunteer women by a health expert. Afterwards, three sessions were held in three weeks for the intervention
group. A questionnaire was filled out for participants in both groups at baseline one and three months after the intervention.
Results: Overall 98 women completed the study. ANOVA showed that one and three months after the intervention, women in the
intervention group had a significantly higher level of knowledge, perceived sensitivity, perceived severity, health motivation, CBE and
mammography benefits and lower barriers toward CBE and mammography.
Discussion: A structured intervention based on peer group can successfully improve participants’ knowledge, beliefs and participation
in breast cancer screening programs in high risk women for breast cancer.
Biography
Ziba Farajzadegan has completed her MD from Tabriz University and specialy studies from Isfahan University School of Medicine. She is working as a preventive
Medicine Specialist in Isfahan Medical Sciences for 15 years. Her research interest is women health, focusing on supportive care of women with breast cancer.
Ziba Farajzadegan et al., Breast Can Curr Res 2017, 2:2(Suppl)