The Effect of the Against to Cancer Health Behavior Program Applied to Mothers of Intellectual Disabled Children on Cancer Screenings and Preventive Health Behaviors: Nonrandomized Controlled Study

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

The European Code Against Cancer contains 12 recommendations to reduce the risk of cancer. It is estimated that about half of all cancers could be prevented if all recommendations are followed. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Program of Health Behaviour Against Cancer (PHeBAC) applied to mothers of children with intellectual disabilities in increasing the participation of mothers and their children with intellectual disabilities in cancer screenings and their health behaviors against cancer. The goal is to improve the preventive health behaviors of children with intellectual disabilities and their mothers against cancer and to increase the rate of participation in cancer screenings. Specific targets are; not smoking and not being exposed to smoking, increasing physical activity, healthy nutrition, limiting alcohol consumption, protection from sunlight, HPV vaccination and increasing participation in breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screenings.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: Female
Minimum Age: 30
Maximum Age: 70
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• Those who have at least one intellectual disabled child receiving education at Special Education Application Center schools,

Locations
Other Locations
Turkey
Akdeniz University
RECRUITING
Antalya
Contact Information
Primary
Habibe OZCELIK, PhD
hozcelik@akdeniz.edu.tr
+90544 576 2248
Time Frame
Start Date: 2024-04-20
Estimated Completion Date: 2024-08-20
Participants
Target number of participants: 46
Treatments
Experimental: Experimental
PHeBAC is an acronym that defines multi-interventions to health behaviour against cancer.~The intervention group will receive PHeBAC with multiple interventions including education, guidance, counseling, and case management in line with the 12 European Codes Against Cancer to reduce cancer risk. The PHeBAC interventions will be 8 weeks long, with two face-to-face and three telephone interviews.~The first and the 4th week will be face-to-face with two different sessions of 45 minutes each; the 2nd, 6th, and 8th weeks will be phone calls of 15 minutes each.
Active_comparator: Control Group
The active control group will be given brochures from the Ministry of Health on cancer prevention and cancer screening recommendations and their questions will be answered.~Contact information of the researchers will be given and they will be told that they can call if they have any questions.
Sponsors
Leads: Akdeniz University

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