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Effect of Health Educational Sessions about Testicular Cancer on Awareness and Practices of Port Said University Male Students

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Community Health Nursing

Abstract

Background: Young adult men are most frequently diagnosed with testicular cancer. The age-standardized incidence rate for testicular cancer varies considerably by region. Aim: to evaluate the effect of health educational sessions regarding testicular cancer on awareness and practices of Port Said University male students. Subjects and method: Design: A quasi-experimental research design with (pre-test and post-test) was used. Setting: study was done at six faculties belonged to university of Port Said city, chosen randomly. Subjects: It was carried on 207 male students on Port Said university. Tools: two tools were used, tool I: Students' Testicular Cancer Awareness and Prevention Questionnaire, tool II: Testicular Self Examination reported Practice Sheet. Results: The majority of areas for improvement were the definition of the testicle (98.1%), the age at which testicular cancer is most likely to occur (90.8%), the signs to look for during a testicular self-examination (92.8%), and the significance of testicular self-examination (80.2%). Testicular self-examination showed improvement from pre to post sessions.  Conclusion: a marked improvement in the studied students' total score of awareness and practices levels regarding testicular cancer and TSE post-implementation of educational sessions. A statistical positive correlation was found between awareness and practices in post sessions. Recommendation: Continual health education for male university students that emphasizes improving their comprehension of TC and the value of TSE practice for the early diagnosis, in order to give kids this knowledge, health practitioners must also use communication platforms like social media.

DOI

10.21608/pssjn.2023.222797.1275

Keywords

Educational session, Male Students, Testicular cancer

Authors

First Name

Mohamed Ibrahim

Last Name

Qandil

MiddleName

M

Affiliation

Community health nursing

Email

medowagdy25@gmail.com

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First Name

Mona

Last Name

Hassan

MiddleName

Abd El-Sabour

Affiliation

Assistant Professor of Family and Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University, Port Said City

Email

monaessam2012017@gmail.com

City

Al-Kharj

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First Name

Magda

Last Name

Mohammed

MiddleName

Aly

Affiliation

Assistant Professor of Family and Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University, Port Said City

Email

memeybacker@yahoo.com

City

Port Said

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Volume

11

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1

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44631

Issue Date

2024-03-01

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2023-07-23

Publish Date

2024-03-31

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1

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25

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2356-8658

Online ISSN

2682-3241

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866

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Publication Title

Port Said Scientific Journal of Nursing

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https://pssjn.journals.ekb.eg/

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Effect of Health Educational Sessions about Testicular Cancer on Awareness and Practices of Port Said University Male Students

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Created At

24 Dec 2024