Screening Cancer Readiness Through Education and Empowerment for Newcomer Women

Women assigned to the intervention group will be contacted by telephone using the contact information registered at the Cancer Early Diagnosis, Screening and Training Center (KETEM). For participants without a registered telephone number, home visits will be conducted using the addresses recorded in the KETEM database. Following completion of the baseline (pre-test) assessment, participants in the intervention group will receive an online cancer screening education program developed in accordance with the Turkish National Cancer Control Program of the General Directorate of Public Health, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Türkiye. The educational intervention will be delivered in three online sessions via WhatsApp video calls. During each session, participants will have the opportunity to ask questions, which will be answered by the researcher. Prior to each session, reminder text messages will be sent to participants' mobile phones to notify them of the date and time of the schede

Women assigned to the control group who are registered at the Cancer Early Diagnosis, Screening and Training Center (KETEM) will be contacted and invited to participate in the study. During the initial meeting, written informed consent will be obtained, after which the Personal Information Form and study questionnaires will be administered to collect baseline (pre-test) data. An appointment for the follow-up assessment will be scheduled approximately four weeks later. Five weeks after the baseline assessment, participants will be contacted by telephone to complete the post-test assessment. No educational intervention will be provided to the control group during the study period. After completion of the post-test assessment, participants in the control group will be offered the same cancer screening education program in accordance with the ethical principle of equity.