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ArticlePreventive medicine reports2026

Effectiveness of community-based culturally tailored cervical cancer awareness interventions among women and decision-making men in low-resource settings: A pre-post design evaluation in rural Uganda and Bangladesh.

Fareezah Abdul Karim Siddique, Janine de Zeeuw, Jaap A R Koot, Carolyn Nakisige, Naheed Nazrul, Dan Atukonyera, Geertruida H de Bock, PRESCRIP-TEC consortium

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Fareezah Abdul Karim SiddiqueDepartment of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, the Netherlands.
Janine de ZeeuwGlobal Health Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, the Netherlands.
Jaap A R KootGlobal Health Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, the Netherlands.
Carolyn NakisigeDepartment of Gynaecologic-Oncology, Uganda Cancer Institute, Kampala, Uganda.
Naheed NazrulHealth Sector, FRIENDSHIP NGO, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Dan AtukonyeraUganda Rural Development Training Program, Kagadi, Uganda.
Geertruida H de BockDepartment of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, the Netherlands.
PRESCRIP-TEC consortium

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Objective: Cervical cancer disproportionately affects women in low-resource settings (LRS), where screening uptake and awareness remains low. Male household decision-makers often influence women's health decisions but are infrequently targeted in awareness interventions. This study evaluated culturally tailored interventions to improve cervical cancer awareness among women and male household decision-makers in rural Uganda and Bangladesh. Methods: A quasi-experimental pre-post design using data from the PRevention and SCReening Innovation Project Toward Elimination of Cervical Cancer (PRESCRIP-TEC) surveyed women and male household decision-makers before (Uganda May 2022; Bangladesh April-June 2022) and after (December 2022-October 2023) a mass media with community health worker (CHW) outreach intervention. Multivariable logistic regression assessed changes in risk factor and symptom knowledge. Results: Among 3342 respondents (1453 pre-, 1889 post-intervention), women and decision-making men showed significantly improved awareness post-intervention: risk factor knowledge (women OR = 9.51, 95% CI: 7.52, 12.02; men OR = 11.72, 95% CI: 8.03, 17.10) and symptom knowledge (women OR = 6.24, 95% CI: 5.03, 7.74; men OR = 4.53, 95% CI: 3.31, 6.19), after adjustment for covariates. Conclusions: Culturally tailored interventions engaging male household decision-makers alongside women and integrating mass media with CHW-led outreach effectively improves cervical cancer awareness across socio-culturally diverse LRS and can inform policy and screening campaigns in LRS.

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Developing countriesEarly detection of cancerHealth educationLow resource settingMass mediaRural populationUterine cervical neoplasms

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