Overview
Type of Study: This study was planned to be an observational study.
Purpose of the Study: To evaluate the impact of HPV education given to women on their knowledge levels and HPV screening and vaccination.The main question\[s\] it aims to answer \[is/are\]:
H1: There is a difference in the mean Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Knowledge Scale score between the intervention group women who participated in Human Papillomavirus (HPV) education and the control group women.
H2: There is a difference between the intervention group women and the control group women in terms of their participation in HPV screening tests.
H2: There is a difference between the intervention group women and the control group women in terms of their HPV vaccination status.
Participants Participants will be assigned to a control and intervention group. Online training will be provided to the intervention group, and the results of the training will be reported.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Being female
- Women aged 18-35 years
- Ability to speak and understand Turkish at a level sufficient to communicate with the researcher
- Having the technical equipment necessary to participate in a video interview
- No diagnosis of HPV positivity
- Not having received the HPV vaccine
- Not having undergone HPV DNA/Pap smear testing in the past 5 years
- No diagnosis of cervical cancer
- Voluntary willingness to participate in the study
- No diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder
Exclusion Criteria:
- Being male
- Having severe physical or cognitive impairments that prevent completing the questionnaire
- Being under 18 years of age or over 35 years of age
- Inability to speak or understand Turkish
- Lack of technical equipment to participate in a video interview
- Having a diagnosis of HPV positivity
- Having received the HPV vaccine
- Having undergone HPV DNA/Pap smear testing in the past 5 years
- Having a diagnosis of cervical cancer
- Having a diagnosed psychiatric disorder
Not agreeing to participate in the study