Seeking cervical cancer information from interpersonal sources among Malaysian women in Selangor
Background: Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women in Malaysia after breast cancer. Previous studies have focused on the association between information disclosure about cervical cancer through the mass media and intention to undergo Pap Smear tests, but its remain unclear whet...
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| author | Soo, Shey San Ahmad, Abdul Mua'ti @ Zamri Hasan, Hamisah Shamshudeen, Rosya Izyanie Mazlan, Azriaty |
| author_facet | Soo, Shey San Ahmad, Abdul Mua'ti @ Zamri Hasan, Hamisah Shamshudeen, Rosya Izyanie Mazlan, Azriaty |
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| description | Background: Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women in Malaysia after breast cancer. Previous studies have focused on the association between information disclosure about cervical cancer through the mass media and intention to undergo Pap Smear tests, but its remain unclear whether or not women use interpersonal communication to seek cervical cancer information. Objective: This study explores the information seeking behaviour using interpersonal sources among women who underwent a Pap Smear test in Klang valley. Results: The level of trust in interpersonal sources is higher than the usage level of interpersonal sources to seek cervical cancer information. Conclusion: Having a better understanding of cervical cancer information seeking behaviour through interpersonal communication will facilitate information intervention for women in Malaysia, especially in Selangor. |
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| spelling | upm-462442018-09-21T07:02:26Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46244/ Seeking cervical cancer information from interpersonal sources among Malaysian women in Selangor Soo, Shey San Ahmad, Abdul Mua'ti @ Zamri Hasan, Hamisah Shamshudeen, Rosya Izyanie Mazlan, Azriaty Background: Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women in Malaysia after breast cancer. Previous studies have focused on the association between information disclosure about cervical cancer through the mass media and intention to undergo Pap Smear tests, but its remain unclear whether or not women use interpersonal communication to seek cervical cancer information. Objective: This study explores the information seeking behaviour using interpersonal sources among women who underwent a Pap Smear test in Klang valley. Results: The level of trust in interpersonal sources is higher than the usage level of interpersonal sources to seek cervical cancer information. Conclusion: Having a better understanding of cervical cancer information seeking behaviour through interpersonal communication will facilitate information intervention for women in Malaysia, especially in Selangor. American-Eurasian Network for Scientific Information 2015-05 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46244/1/Seeking%20cervical%20cancer%20information%20from%20interpersonal%20sources%20among%20Malaysian%20women%20in%20Selangor.pdf Soo, Shey San and Ahmad, Abdul Mua'ti @ Zamri and Hasan, Hamisah and Shamshudeen, Rosya Izyanie and Mazlan, Azriaty (2015) Seeking cervical cancer information from interpersonal sources among Malaysian women in Selangor. Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 9 (11). pp. 249-255. ISSN 1991-8178 http://ajbasweb.com/old/ajbas_May_2015.html |
| spellingShingle | Soo, Shey San Ahmad, Abdul Mua'ti @ Zamri Hasan, Hamisah Shamshudeen, Rosya Izyanie Mazlan, Azriaty Seeking cervical cancer information from interpersonal sources among Malaysian women in Selangor |
| title | Seeking cervical cancer information from interpersonal sources among Malaysian women in Selangor |
| title_full | Seeking cervical cancer information from interpersonal sources among Malaysian women in Selangor |
| title_fullStr | Seeking cervical cancer information from interpersonal sources among Malaysian women in Selangor |
| title_full_unstemmed | Seeking cervical cancer information from interpersonal sources among Malaysian women in Selangor |
| title_short | Seeking cervical cancer information from interpersonal sources among Malaysian women in Selangor |
| title_sort | seeking cervical cancer information from interpersonal sources among malaysian women in selangor |
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