Knowledge on human papillomavirus and cervical cancer awareness among women in South India

Husain, Rahat; Ramya, D.; Pradeep, M. Andrew; Govindaraju, S.; Veerabathiran, Ramakrishnan

doi:10.4103/sjhs.sjhs_69_18

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“…In this study, respondents who had ever heard about cervical cancer and had knowledge about HPV and HPV vaccine were 13% and 11% respectively. These study findings were found consistent with the researches carried out in Pakistan 9 and South India 15 respectively. This study also revealed less percentage of respondents know about cervical cancer as preventable and had gone for screening test i.e.…”

Section: Understanding About Cervical Cancer and Its Screeningsupporting

confidence: 92%

“…50 (36%) and whereas, very less percentage of respondents had found radio/Television as a good source of information towards the disease i.e. 15 Advocacy through mass media in cervical cancer and its screening awareness Respondents' advocacy through mass media in cervical cancer and its screening was described in Figure -3. From total respondents (N=1053); results concluded that on average 68% respondents said yes i.e.…”

Section: Source Of Information Regarding Cervical Cancer and Screeningmentioning

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Role of mass media in understanding about cervical cancer and its screening among married women.

Ayesha

Javed

Tariq

et al. 2023

TPMJ

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Objectives: To discover role of mass media in cervical cancer and its screening awareness with socio-demographic profile, understanding, source of information and advocacy towards the disease. Study Design: Descriptive study. Setting: OPD of Gynecology and Obstetrics Department, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan. Period: 1st August, 2022 to 31st October, 2022. Material & Methods: Participants were selected via convenient sampling technique. Data was analyzed through SPSS version 24. Results: 17% respondents agreed that mass media has attributed to cervical cancer awareness while 83% were not familiar with the disease. 93% and 7% respondents had poor and good understanding, respectively. 36% respondents attained information from doctors/health care workers. Whereas, 68% and 32% respondents had found mass media imperative and had not found significant in cervical cancer and its screening advocacy, respectively. Conclusion: The study revealed poor understanding but with the help of health care workers, print and digital media, respondent’s knowledge on cervical cancer and its screening may enhance as well as awareness on their health spectrum may broaden.

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Section: Understanding About Cervical Cancer and Its Screeningsupporting

confidence: 92%

Section: Source Of Information Regarding Cervical Cancer and Screeningmentioning

confidence: 99%

Role of mass media in understanding about cervical cancer and its screening among married women.

Ayesha

Javed

Tariq

et al. 2023

TPMJ

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“…Similarly, a review by Cunningham and his colleague stated that there is a broad knowledge gap concerning HPV and cervical cancer among African women [31]. A low level of knowledge of cervical cancer among Indian women is also reported by Husain et al [32]. In contrast, overall good knowledge of cervical cancer was reached as high as 78.6% in Saudi Arabia [33] which might be because of their better socio-economic status than Ethiopia.…”

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“…These figures imply that there is a relatively low level of information about cervical cancer among Ethiopian women. This review justifies an urgent need for government and non-government organizations, health-care providers and other stakeholders to join hands together to educate women, create massive social awareness to reduce the risk of having cervical cancer in the community [32,33].…”

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Low level of knowledge about cervical cancer among Ethiopian women: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Derbie

Mekonnen

Misgan

et al. 2021

Infect Agents Cancer

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Introduction Cervical cancer is one of the leading causes of malignancies among women in Ethiopia. Knowing the disease could empower women to make an informed decision regarding participation with cervical cancer prevention strategies. There is scarcity of compiled data in the field. Therefore, this systematic review aimed to provide an overview of knowledge about cervical cancer among Ethiopian women. Methods We conducted a systematic review of peer-reviewed articles on the knowledge of cervical cancer. Articles were systematically searched using comprehensive search strings from PubMed/Medline, SCOPUS, and grey literature from Google Scholar. Two reviewers assessed study eligibility, extracted data, and the risk of bias independently. Meta-analysis was performed using STATA v 14 to pool the overall knowledge of the women about cervical cancer. Results We included 26 articles published between 2013 and 2020 covering a total of 14,549 participants. All the included articles had good methodological quality. The proportion of participants who had heard of cervical cancer varied from 4.6 to 87.7% with the pooled estimate at 56% (95% CI: 47–66). Similarly, the proportion of participants who knew that HPV is the main cause of cervical cancer lied between 0 and 49.7% with the pooled result at 21% (95% CI: 13–30). Likewise, the pooled prevalence to identify at least one risk factor, one symptom of cervical cancer and ever heard of cervical cancer screening was gauged at 52% (95% CI: 39–64), 43% (95% CI: 26–60), and 39% (95% CI: 24–55), respectively. The overall pooled prevalence of good knowledge about cervical cancer was at 43% (95% CI: 33–53). On top of this, the prevalence of previous screening practice among the participants was at 14% (95% CI: 9–20). Conclusions Knowledge about cervical cancer among Ethiopian women is quite poor. Therefore, health education to provide sufficient and unbiased information about HPV and cervical cancer in general is required to the public.

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Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Jinekolojik Kanser Farkındalıkları ve İlişkili Faktörler

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2022

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Bu çalışma üniversite öğrencilerinin jinekolojik kanser farkındalıkları ve ilişkili faktörleri belirlemek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Yöntem: Kesitsel türde bir çalışmadır. Araştırma 1026 üniversite öğrencisiyle yapılmıştır. Veriler Haziran-Ağustos 2020 tarihleri arasında; Kişisel Bilgi Formu, Jinekolojik Kanserler Farkındalık Ölçeği ve Sağlıklı Yaşam Biçimi Davranışları Ölçeği (II)'nin beslenme ve fiziksel aktivite alt boyutları kullanılarak çevrimiçi şekilde toplanmıştır. İstatistiksel analizlerde sayı, yüzde, ortanca, Kruskall-Wallis, Mann-Whitney U, Dunn Testi ve Spearman Korelasyon Testi kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Öğrencilerin jinekolojik kanser farkındalıkları ölçeğinin toplam puan ortanca değeri 154 olarak belirlenmiştir. Jinekolojik kanser farkındalıkları toplam ortanca puanını öğrencilerin kronik hastalıkları ve ailede kanser hastalığı olan yakınlarının öyküsü olma durumları arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı farklılık saptanmıştır (p<0,05). Jinekolojik kanserler farkındalık puanı ile yaş, beslenme ve fiziksel aktivite puanı arasında pozitif yönlü düşük düzeyde bir ilişki bulunmuştur. Sonuç: Üniversite öğrencilerinin jinekolojik kanser farkındalıklarının orta düzeyin üstünde olduğu, mevcut kronik hastalığın olması, yaşanılan yer, sigara kullanımı, ailede kanser öyküsünün olması ve ailede kanser öyküsü bulunan kişinin yakınlığı farkındalık düzeyini etkileyen değişkenler olduğu belirlenmiştir. Jinekolojik kanserlere işaret edebilecek semptomların farkındalığının artması, erken teşhis ve hayatta kalmaya katkı sunacaktır.

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Knowledge on human papillomavirus and cervical cancer awareness among women in South India

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Role of mass media in understanding about cervical cancer and its screening among married women.

Role of mass media in understanding about cervical cancer and its screening among married women.

Low level of knowledge about cervical cancer among Ethiopian women: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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