Abstract:
The objectives of this survey research were to evaluate the effectiveness of
cervical cancer screening in women target groups by 108 sub-district health personnel in
Ratchaburi Province and to explain the relationship between personal factors, knowledge
about screening, attitude towards working, management resources and administration
process, and the effectiveness of cervical cancer screening in women target groups by
sub-district health personnel. The data collection was done by using a questionnaire. The
collected data was analyzed by mean of percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation,
maximum value, minimum value, Chi-square Test and Pearsons Product Moment
Correlation Coefficient with the level of statistic significance (α) = 0.05.
The results showed that the effectiveness of cervical cancer screening in
women target groups by sub-district health personnel in Ratchaburi Province fell at a
level that required some improvement at 78.70%, knowledge of sub-district health
personnel about cervical cancer screening was low at 57.4%, attitude towards this
screening work was good at 58.33%. After analyzing the relationship between personal
factors, e.g. gender, age, marriage status, level of education, present job title, income,
working experience and training experience, it was found that these factors were not
related to the effectiveness of cervical cancer screening in women target groups. In
regard to the manpower factor, it was found that it was significantly related to the
effectiveness of cervical cancer screening in women target groups at a statistic test level
(p = 0.031). The financial factor and tool and equipment factor were not related to the
effectiveness of cervical cancer screening in women target groups. In addition, the
administration process was not related to the effectiveness of cervical cancer screening
in women target groups.
The suggestion of this study is that health personnel competency should be
developed in term of knowledge, skills, techniques and methods of cervical cancer
screening to enhance quality and to ensure accurate and constant screening. Executives
should give strong support to the workforce so that personnel are adequate and
appropriate for this work.