This study will be conducted to evaluate the effect of the motivational interviewing technique applied to menopausal women on their participation in breast and cervical cancer screenings. This is a randomized controlled intervention study in which the study sample will consist of 120 menopausal women, who visit the health care centers in the city of Kutahya. There will be one intervention group with a total of 60 participants and a control group with the same number of participants. The intervention group will have motivational interviews whereas the control group participants will follow the normal protocols.~The Turkish version of Champion's Health Belief Model Scale and The Health Belief Model Scale for Cervical Cancer and the Pap Smear Test will be applied to all the participants in both groups.~Then for the intervention group, the motivational interviewing will be carried out in 3 different sessions, each to be conducted one week apart. 6 weeks after the last interview, first follow up would be conducted through phone communication and 6 weeks after the first follow up, a face-to-face interview would be conducted for the scales to be applied to the participants again. For the control group, the scales will be applied for the second time at the same time as the intervention group and they will be given a training manual and their questions will be answered by the researchers.
This study will be conducted to evaluate the effect of the motivational interviewing technique applied to menopausal women on their participation in breast and cervical cancer screenings. This is a randomized controlled intervention study in which the study sample will consist of 120 menopausal women, who visit the health care centers in the city of Kutahya. There will be one intervention group with a total of 60 participants and a control group with the same number of participants. The intervention group will have motivational interviews whereas the control group participants will follow the normal protocols.