Mens health and cancer screenıng

Joint Event on 49^th International Congress on Nursing Care Plan & Health & 50^th World Congress on Men in Nursing

July 16-18, 2018 | Rome, Italy

Ilknur Aydin Avci

Ondokuz Mayis University, Turkey

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Nurs Care

Abstract :

Aim: Cancer is one of the most common health problems. Among males, five cancer type the most diagnosed in 2012 at Turkey were lung, prostate, colorectal. stomach and liver cancer,This study was aimed to show mens health and cancer screening status at Turkey. Method: This research was made as review of literature. In this study, it was used �??cancer screening, men�??s health, testicular cancer, colorectal cancer, national cancer standart, prostate cancer, and Turkey�?� key words. As database for review, it was used Google scholar and pubmed. Review period was taken 2000 and after. Results: Men�??s health is very important. But usually, this issue is a neglected issue. We found usually descriptive studies about cacer screening deal with men�??s health. A few study were made as experimental study. These descriptive studies included usually, testicular cancer and testicular cancer screening knowledge, practice and attitudes. Also, Some of them included prostate cancer screening knowledge, health belief and attitudes. Turkey national cancer screening standarts for men included colorectal cancer screening. But there was a little study about participating coloractal cancer screening of men. The rate of testicular self examination changed as 0.2%-14% in studies. Conclusion: based on the results of the study, studies should be carried out involving the generalization of cancer screening for men.

Biography :

Ilknur Aydin Avci earned a master’s Degree in Public Health Nursing; Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing; Nursing Diploma from Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey. She is a Professor in the Division of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey. She has more than 20 years of experience as an Educator and Clinician in all settings in which care is provided. She has authored over 55 peer-review manuscripts. She is the author of 3 books and book chapters, including infection diseases and nursing and public health nursing. She has attended a lot of conference, especially nursing research, methodology, cancer early detection, project management, international partnership. She is the Reviewer and Editorial Board Member of several national and international journals including European Journal of Nursing, Cancer Nursing, Asian Nursing Research, Samsun Journal of Health Sciences, Progress in Health Sciences. She is an Advisory Board Member at national research commission.

E-mail: ilknura@omu.edu.tr