Differencies in the Level of Knowledge on Cervical Cancer among Health Care Students, Midwives and Patients in Serbia

Abstract

Background: Level of midwife knowledge is particularly important because of their role in the cervical cancer prevention programme. The aim of this study was to examine differences in the level of knowledge among health care students, midwives and women in the general population of Serbia. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional approach was used with health care students of the medical shool, midwives in their practice, and women visiting a chosen general practitioner as respondents. , 2012). Due to high prevalence of the cervical cancer in Serbia, this study has been designed to examine differences in the level of knowledge of the cervical cancer among female students of health care; midwives and women (patients in primary health care) as well as its application in prevention practice. The aim of the study was to examine differences in the level of knowledge among the female Higher Medical School students, midwives in their practice and women visiting their chosen general practitioner in primary health care. Materials and MethodsExamination of the knowledge level of the cervical cancer was carried out by the cross-section study. Three groups of the respondents were formed: the first one of female students of the College of Health Studies in Cuprija, Department for Medical Nurses-Midwives; the second one of midwives with completed Secondary

Knowledge about Cervical Cancer and Awareness of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV Vaccine among Female Students from Serbia

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Knowledge about cervical cancer screening and its practice among female health care workers in southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

“…An accurate diagnosis depends on the ability of the provider to visualize the cervix properly and differentiate between cervical lesions 36. Moreover, in order to advance preventive practice for cervical cancer, health care workers should be knowledgeable and improve their personal conformity with the recommended practice 13,31. For instance, antenatal care education by health care providers was suggested as a means of improving knowledge and uptake of cervical cancer screening services 30.…”

Association of Educational Levels with Survival in Indian Patients with Cancer of the Uterine Cervix

“…Education of patients helps in the early detection of cancer patients (Schwartz et al, 2003;Oliveira et al, 2010), but such an association with cancers of the uterine cervix is not well established for our population. Additionally, improvement of knowledge in midwives related to preventive practices for uterine cancer cervical control program is known (Antic et al, 2014). Our stage correlation has shown that early staged cancers of the uterine cervix are more likely to be detected in educated patients irrespective of their levels of educational qualification.…”