Effect of the Group Teaching Program of Factory Female Workers Knowledge, Health Beliefs and Behavior of Breast Self Examination
Resource
護理研究 v.4 n.4 pp.363-374
Journal
護理研究,v.4
Journal Issue
n.4
Pages
363-374
Date Issued
1996
Date
1996
Author(s)
SU, HSIN-CHUAN
HUANG, LIAN-HUA
Abstract
The purpose of the research was to examine the effects of a teaching program in the workplace on factory employees' health knowledge, beliefs and behavior regarding breast self-examination. Women who attended the one-session class were quasi-experimentally assigned to one of two groups. There were 142 women who went through these 3 stages: Pre- test, post est immediately after teaching class, and follow- up 3 months later. The teaching program improved knowledge , perceived benefit of breast self- examination, confidence in breast self-examination, and skill in the experimental group, and also reduced perceived barriers regarding breast self-examination. Also, during the 3 months of the teaching program, the percentage of those conducting periodic breast self-examination among the experimental group was greater than for the control group. According to this research, it will be much more efficient to make women conduct breast self-examination while enhancing the complete understanding of breast self-examination procedures and reducing the perceived barriers in the related teaching program. 研究的目的有二：(1)了解工廠婦女實行乳房自我檢查的情形；(2)探討團體教學課程 對婦女乳癌及乳房自我檢查的知識、乳癌及乳房自我檢查的健康信念、乳房自我檢查 自信度、乳房自我檢查行為的影響。本研究採準實驗設計法，以兩工廠女性員工為研 究對象，經過前測、團體教學課程介入、後測、追蹤期三個階段之後，全程參與的人 數共有142人。本研究發現實驗組經過乳房自我檢查教學課程之後，在乳癌及乳房自 我檢查的知識、乳房自我檢查的利益性認知、乳房自我檢查的障礙性認知、乳房自我 檢查自信度、乳房自我檢查行為上都比對照組有明顯進步，乳癌的罹患性認知則和對 照組無明顯差異。雖然追蹤實驗組相關知識及健康信念得分有逐漸下降的傾向，但仍 優於對照組；實驗組教學課程介入後定期做乳房自我檢查的人數有明顯的增加。根據 本研究發現，在推行乳房自我檢查的相關衛生教育課程中，若能加強對乳房自我檢查 步驟完整性的了解，降低乳房自我檢查障礙性認知，必能有效的促進婦女實行乳房自 我檢查。