肯尼亚男性和宫癌预防:来自全国调查的见解
Corrina Moucheraud1, Eric Ochieng2, Ginger Golub2
1Department of Public Health Policy and Management, New York University School of Global Public Health, New York, New York.
概括
让男性参与宫癌预防工作至关重要. 增加的知识和社会联系显著地促进了男性的发展.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 健康 行为 健康行为
背景情况:
- 男性的参与对于预防宫癌至关重要,但相关因素仍未得到充分研究.
- 了解这些因素是设计有效的宫癌预防干预措施的关键.
研究的目的:
- 探索与肯尼亚男性参与宫癌预防行为相关的因素.
- 确定旨在增加男性参与宫癌预防的干预措施的潜在目标.
主要方法:
- 来自肯尼亚600名男性的全国电话调查的二次数据分析.
- 为了探索关联,使用了具有强大的误差差异的Poisson通用线性模型.
- 结果包括与伴侣讨论宫癌查和女儿的HPV疫苗接种.
主要成果:
- 45.3%的男性与伴侣讨论了宫癌查;30%的女儿接种了HPV疫苗.
- 男人对宫癌的更高知识与对查和女儿HPV疫苗接种的讨论增加有关.
- 讨论宫癌,机构信任和个人患病经验与预防行为有关.
结论:
- 内部因素 (知识) 和人际因素 (社会关系,信任) 都会影响男性参与宫癌预防.
- 干预措施应侧重于提高男性的知识,利用社会网络和社区卫生工作者.
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