Knowledge, attitudes and practices of cervical cancer screening among women who attend traditional churches in Zimbabwe

Mutambara, Julia; Mutandwa, Phillip; Mahapa, Mildred; Chirasha, Vonai; Nkiwane, Sibusiso; Shangahaidonhi, Traquilister

doi:10.1016/j.jcrpr.2017.02.001

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“…In fact, less than a quarter of the participants were able to identify at most one symptom or two risk factors. Similar results were reported by other studies in Morocco [1,4,7,12], in other African countries [11,13,14], and in Asian countries [12], while good level of knowledge was reported in other studies conducted in Zimbabwe [15] and in Burma [16]. In our study, reduced body immunity was identified as the most frequently identified risk factor by women, while HPV infection, the first cause of CC, was ignored by almost 70% of the participants.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…Najdi et al reported similar results in four other regions in Morocco [18]. Similar results were reported in other countries [11,15]. This could be linked to poor knowledge [10,21].…”

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confidence: 75%

“…This could be linked to poor knowledge [10,21]. However, in some studies, even if women had good knowledge, they did not uptake screening test [15]. In this study, the reasons respondents gave for not doing the screening test were ignorance of the existence of the screening, fear of the positive test result, and the examination disturbance.…”

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confidence: 77%

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Knowledge of Cervical Cancer and Uptake of Screening Test Among Women in the Region of Marrakesh, Morocco

Lamtali

Loukid

2019

SN Compr. Clin. Med.

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In Morocco, cervical cancer is the leading cause of women's cancer mortality because of the late stage diagnosis. The adherence to early screening remains insufficient. The aim of this study is to assess women's knowledge of cervical cancer and their adherence to early screening. The study was conducted in five selected primary healthcare facilities in the region of Marrakesh, Morocco, and included 300 participants. Structured interviews were used to elicit information on demographic and reproductive life characteristics, knowledge, and uptake of screening test of cervical cancer (CC). Data was analyzed using the descriptive statistics, univariate analysis was carried out using χ 2 test to compare percentages about symptoms, and risk factors for cervical cancer were poor among the participants. The human papillomavirus infection was ignored by almost 70% of women. Almost half of women never had a screening test. The urban origin, the uptake of the screening test, and the family antecedent of CC were factors that increase women's knowledge about CC. The non-adherence to early screening is due to lack of knowledge, fear of the test result, or false beliefs. More efforts are needed to raise awareness among women by health staff to overcome negative perceptions and knowledge deficiencies about CC and to increase women's adherence to screening.

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confidence: 91%

“…Najdi et al reported similar results in four other regions in Morocco [18]. Similar results were reported in other countries [11,15]. This could be linked to poor knowledge [10,21].…”

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confidence: 75%

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Knowledge of Cervical Cancer and Uptake of Screening Test Among Women in the Region of Marrakesh, Morocco

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Loukid

2019

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“…The overall level of adequacy of knowledge, attitude, and practice in our subjects were found to be very low as compared with similar studies in Ethiopia, Zimbabwe 32,26 . Majority of the women in India are unaware of the benefits and necessity for screening for themselves and vaccination of their daughters.…”

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“…The awareness about Pap smear in our study is similar to the findings of Goyal et al, and Orantaphan et al, 22,25 Mutambara et al, reported that women had high knowledge about the nature of a Pap smear test, and they also knew that cancer was the second highest killer of women compared to HIV. The participants were aware that if early interventions were made, treatment could reduce the chances of disease progression 26 .…”

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Introduction:To assess the level of knowledge, attitude, and practices of women of reproductive age of 20 -70 years on their understanding of the risk factors of cervical cancer, its early detection, and prevention. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in rural areas of Komarapalayam from August 2016 to January 2017 by using pre-tested modified questionnaire. The purpose of the questionnaire was to assess the demographic data, exposure to risk factors, knowledge, attitude, and practice of the participants toward cervical cancer. Results: A total of 500 married women have participated in this study. Majority 26.6% had the secondary education; most common 34% age group being 31 -40 years. 39% had first childbirth and 34.6% were married between 19 to 22 years; 27.8% had abnormal uterine bleeding were the most common prevalence of risk factors. Mostly 98.4% and 96.6% were heard about cervical cancer and its screening. Many women 82.2% had never undergone cervical cancer screening and 98.9% of the women had never been vaccinated. The main sources of information were friends and relatives (42.8%) and fear of procedure (30.4%) was the main barrier for not undergoing cervical screening. Conclusion:The knowledge about risk factors, sign were very poor, but the method of prevention was good about cervical cancer in the study population. Most of the women had never undergone screening and vaccination for cervical cancer. But their attitude is favourable for screening.

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Towards Cervical Cancer and its Screening Among Women from Tribal Population: a Community-Based Study from Southern India

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Mallya

Shetty

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J. Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

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Background Cervical cancer continues to be a leading cancer among women in India. Despite availability of various screening techniques, majority of Indian women remain unscreened for cancer cervix. The increasing incidence could be attributed to the lack of awareness regarding cervical cancer screening and paucity of organized screening facilities in the country. This study assessed the knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) towards cervical cancer screening among tribal women of coastal Karnataka, southern India. Methods A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 1140 women aged 20-65 years from three tribes. Information on their KAP towards cervical cancer screening was collected using a semi-structured questionnaire. Results Mean age of the participants was 39.8 ± 10.1 years. Although 82.9% of the participants reported to have heard of cervical cancer, 51% were aware that the disease could be prevented, and only 2.3% knew that it can be detected at an early stage. Over 75% of the participants did not have adequate knowledge regarding cervical cancer. However, majority of them (99.9%) had a favourable attitude towards cervical cancer screening. None of them had undergone cervical cancer screening prior to the study. The knowledge scores were significantly associated with age group, marital status, education level, socioeconomic status and tribal community of the participants (p < 0.05). Conclusion Overall knowledge regarding cervical cancer among the surveyed women was poor, though they exhibited a positive attitude. This calls for a sustained health education and screening program to create awareness and improve the uptake of cervical cancer screening among these women.

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Knowledge, attitudes and practices of cervical cancer screening among women who attend traditional churches in Zimbabwe

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Knowledge of Cervical Cancer and Uptake of Screening Test Among Women in the Region of Marrakesh, Morocco

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