Abstract: To determine the level of knowledge on screening of cervical cancer.
To find out the attitude towards screening for pre – malignant lesions.
To know the practice of women on screening of cervical cancer.
To assess the knowledge of risk factors & preventive measures associated with carcinoma of cervix.
To create the awareness of cervical cancer and screening program in hospital.
Methodology: Our study is a prospective and cross-sectional survey. It is done over a period of 6 months in women staff of a secondary care referral hospital in south India. The questionnaire survey was done by using validated questions to evaluate the KAP on cervical cancer screening & signs, symptoms, risk factors etc of cervical cancer.
Results: Our results showed that most of the women staff was aware of the disease symptoms (33.33%), signs (46.55%), risk factors (56.33%) etc. But they does not aware of screening practices regarding cervical cancer (3.69%).
Conclusion: Several barriers have been identified to have contributed to the low uptake of the screening like low-socio economic status, poor knowledge about cervical cancer, less availability of practices etc for cervical cancer.
Keywords: Cervical Cancer Awareness, Knowledge, Attitude & Practices.
Title: Knowledge, Attitude & Practices Regarding Cervical Cancer Awareness in Women Staff of Secondary Care Referral Hospital
Author: Dr. S. Heena Mehaboob, Dr. T. Usha Nandini, Dr.G.Prameela, Dr.M.Sireesha, G.Narayana, K. Veera Badrappa
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations
ISSN 2348-1218 (print), ISSN 2348-1226 (online)
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