Awareness of cervical cancer and its prevention among high school female teachers in Riyadh

Alammar, Shatha; Al-salloum, Nouf; Elsaid, Tarek

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“…This finding showed that 38.4% of teachers had good knowledge with the confidence interval of [95% (34.49–42.23)]. This study is lower than those study done, in Srilanka 50.5% [ 30 ], Riyadh in Saudi Arabia 43% [ 6 ], Surulere 73.7% [ 17 ], Bangalorine in India 66% [ 31 ], Mushin in Nigeria 100% [ 23 ] taraba 92.5% [ 32 ] and Ibadan 79.9% [ 15 ]. This discrepancy might be due to setting, and health education strategies in countries.…”

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“…Mostly two types of virus that cause cervical cancer in women are HPV16 and HPV18, which are responsible for approximately 70% of cervical cancers worldwide. Early starting sexual intercourse, multiple sexual partners of spouse, sexual transmitted infection, short gap between birth and immune suppression are the main risk factors for development of cervical cancer [ 6 ]. The estimated incidence of cancer related death among women which result from cervical cancer in Sub-Central America, South-central Asia, and Malezya [ 7 ].…”

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Knowledge, attitude, and associated factor towards cervical cancer prevention among primary and secondary school female teachers in Gondar town, North West Ethiopia, 2022

Negash,

Bayu,

Woretaw

2023

BMC Women's Health

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Introduction Cervical cancer is uncontrolled proliferation of cells on the cervix. Worldwide, millions of women suffer from this disease. Cervical cancer can be prevented by increasing awareness and changing negative attitude about the cause and prevention of cervical cancer. The aim of this study was to identify the gap of knowledge, attitude and associated factor about cervical cancer prevention. Method Institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted to collect data from 633 female teachers who were working in primary and secondary schools in Gondar town by using a stratified sampling technique. The collected data were checked for any inconsistency, coded, and entered by using EPI INFO version 7 and analyzed by using SPSS version 25. Both Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression analysis was computed to identify the association between the dependent variable with independent variables. Variables having P-value < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. Result The response rate of this study was 96.4% (610). Of these 38.4% (95% CI; 34.49–42.23) and 56.2% (95% CI; 52.28–60.18) of teachers had good knowledge and positive attitude on cervical cancer prevention respectively. Factors affecting teachers knowledge level were studied language [AOR; 3.9; (1.509–10.122)], Natural Science [AOR 2.9;( 1.128–7.475)], being married [AOR: 0.386; [95% (0.188–0.792)], and heard information from health professionals [AOR; 0.53(0.311–0.925)]. Working in secondary school [AOR; 1.83(1.03–3.25)], have regular menstrual period [AOR; 2.32(1.49–3.62)], no history of abortion, (AOR; 0.45(0.23–0.89), and good knowledge status (AOR, 2.56(1.64–4.00) were significantly associated with positive attitude. Conclusion Most of teacher’s knowledge and attitude regarding to cervical cancer prevention were poor. Being married, the field of study, and natural science, heard information from health professionals were factors associated with knowledge. Working in secondary school, having regular menstrual period, no history of abortion, and good knowledge were factors associated attitude regarding to cervical cancer prevention. Therefore, enhancing health promotion through mass media and established counseling program with reproductive health is important.

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Knowledge, attitude, and associated factor towards cervical cancer prevention among primary and secondary school female teachers in Gondar town, North West Ethiopia, 2022

Negash,

Bayu,

Woretaw

2023

BMC Women's Health

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“…Regarding the risk factors of cervical cancer, the present study reveals that the majority of the respondents had knowledge of the risk factors for cervical cancer. But the contrasting result was reported in the study conducted in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by Aldhafar et al (2016) and in Riyadh by Alammar et al (2018) where most of the participants had inadequate knowledge of risk factors for cervical cancer.…”

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Female School Teachers' Knowledge Regarding Cervical Cancer

Thapa,

Paudel,

Malla-Pradhan

2024

Morgan J. Interdisc. Res. Stud.

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Cervical cancer is a globally leading cause of mortality and morbidity in females. It is a curable cancer if diagnosed in the early stage. Lack of awareness of screening methods, risk factors, and early symptoms may lead to a late diagnosis. This study aimed to assess the knowledge regarding cervical cancer among female school teachers. A cross-sectional study design was adopted to assess the knowledge regarding cervical cancer among 106 female teachers. A non-probability purposive sampling technique was used to select the sample. Data was collected using a structured self-administered questionnaire and subsequently entered into IBM SPSS version 22 for analysis. The findings of the study revealed that the mean age was 30.45±3.911 and the majority of respondents were married (95.3%). Similarly, 72.6% of respondents had bachelor-level education, and 12.3% respondents had a family history of cervical cancer. Regarding the level of knowledge, the majority (64.2%) had a good level of knowledge, 25.5% had moderate level of knowledge, and 10.4% had poor level of knowledge. There was a significant association between levels of knowledge and religion (p=0.006). Findings indicate that a substantial percentage of respondents possess a good level of knowledge on cervical cancer.

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Awareness of cervical cancer and its prevention among high school female teachers in Riyadh

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Knowledge, attitude, and associated factor towards cervical cancer prevention among primary and secondary school female teachers in Gondar town, North West Ethiopia, 2022

Knowledge, attitude, and associated factor towards cervical cancer prevention among primary and secondary school female teachers in Gondar town, North West Ethiopia, 2022

Female School Teachers' Knowledge Regarding Cervical Cancer

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