Relationship of Perceived Social Support With Health-Promoting Lifestyle in Women Participating in National Breast Cancer Early Detection Program

Objectives: Due to the importance of social support and healthy lifestyle, this study aims to evaluate the relationship of perceived social support with health-promoting lifestyle in women who participated in national breast cancer early detection program. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 1000 women participating in breast cancer early detection program in Arak, Iran were selected from 16 health centers using a convenience sampling method. Two questionnaires of Perceived Social Support (PSS) and Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile (HPLP) were completed on behalf of them. To describe the variables, mean, standard deviation, frequency and percentage were used. The Pearson correlation test was used for examining the correlation between study variables. Data analysis was conducted in SPSS v. 23 software. Results: The mean±SD age of women was 33.78±11.30 years. There was a significant correlation between perceived social support and health-promoting lifestyle (r=0.42). Regarding HPLP dimensions, perceived social support had the highest and lowest correlation with spiritual growth (r=0.46) and physical activity (0.26) dimensions, respectively. Regarding the PSS dimensions, health-promoting lifestyle had the highest and lowest correlation with family support (r=0.40) and the support from friends (r=0.30), respectively. Conclusion: There is a direct and significant relationship between perceived social support and health-promoting lifestyle in women. Therefore, by increasing their social support, it is possible to promote their healthy lifestyle.

Novel Mapping Methods to Describe Utilization of Free Breast Cancer Screening from a State Program

The National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) of Minnesota, “Sage”, provides breast cancer screening to uninsured women. We introduce a novel mapping technique, spatially adaptive filters (SAFs), to estimate utilization of Sage screening in Minnesota. Sage screenings (N = 74,712) were geocoded. The eligible population was modeled with the RTI synthetic population dataset. Between 2011 and 2015, 36,979 women a year were Sage eligible. Utilization was highly variable across Minnesota (M = 37.2%, range 0% - 131%, SD = 18.7%). This replicable approach modeled utilization rates to the neighborhood-level, allowing Sage to prioritize locations and engage communities.

40. Knowledge and Perception of Cervical Cancer

Cervical cancer is a type of cancer which ranks the second of whole incident of cancer in women. Cervical cancer can metastatic to other organs and can cause death. The objective of the research was to knowlage and perception about cervical cancer. The type of research was a survey with descriptive design. The population of women in Banda Aceh and 60 of them were used as the samples using accidental sampling technique. The data were collected by interview and analyzed by using univariat. There were influence of poor knowledge 63,3%, and 75,0% negative perception about cervical cancer. It is recommended that the local Government, Health Office and Indonesian Cancer Foundation in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Province provide convenience in service counseling in order to increase knowledge. The movement of early detection program (papsmear) need to be improved so that women sexually active are willing to examine themselves to the health service so that there will be no lateness in having treatment.