scholarly journals Comparism of Knowledge, Attitude and Acceptance of Cervical Cancer Screening Between Female Health and Non-Health Personnel in Jos University Teaching Hospital

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-120
Author(s):  
DI Attah ◽  
S Ochejele ◽  
MC Attah ◽  
M Ochoga
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Cervical Cancer Screening ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Health Personnel ◽  
Pap Smear ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Correct Knowledge ◽  
Significant Difference

Cervical carcinoma is a preventable disease yet it remains the leading genital malignancy among women in sub-Saharan Africa. The study objective was to compare the knowledge, attitude and acceptance of cervical cancer screening among female health Personnel and non- health Personnel in Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH). JUTH. This was a across-sectional study conducted in JUTH between 15th June and 31st July, 2008. There was significant difference in knowledge between the health personnel 288(91.4%) and non-health personnel 145(36.2%) p value < 0.01. Most (73.7%) of the health personnel had correct knowledge about pap smear as a screening procedure for cervical cancer. Doctors had the highest correct knowledge of 97.5%. Only 64(16.0%) of the non-health personnel had correct knowledge about pap smear. Teachers and those attending Gynaecological clinics had the highest correct knowledge of 45.0% and 24.0% respectively. There was significant difference in the overall rate of screening between the health personnel 75(23.8%) and the non-health personnel 44(11.0%). Out of the respondents that had knowledge about pap smear 42(29.0%) of the 145 non-health personnel and 75(26.0%) of the 288 health personnel had screened with no significant difference between the two groups. The two groups had similar reasons why those that were yet to screen had not screened. About 81.3 % of the health personnel and 87.1% of non-health personnel who were yet to screen would like to be screened. There is the need to carefully draw up a plan to tackle the poor knowledge, attitude and acceptance of cervical cancer and its prevention among our women.

scholarly journals Comparism of Knowledge, Attitude and Acceptance of Cervical Cancer Screening Between Female Health and Non-Health Personnel in Jos University Teaching Hospital

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-120
Author(s):  
DI Attah ◽  
S Ochejele ◽  
MC Attah ◽  
M Ochoga
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Cervical Cancer Screening ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Health Personnel ◽  
Pap Smear ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Correct Knowledge ◽  
Significant Difference

Cervical carcinoma is a preventable disease yet it remains the leading genital malignancy among women in sub-Saharan Africa. The study objective was to compare the knowledge, attitude and acceptance of cervical cancer screening among female health Personnel and non- health Personnel in Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH). JUTH. This was a across-sectional study conducted in JUTH between 15th June and 31st July, 2008. There was significant difference in knowledge between the health personnel 288(91.4%) and non-health personnel 145(36.2%) p value < 0.01. Most (73.7%) of the health personnel had correct knowledge about pap smear as a screening procedure for cervical cancer. Doctors had the highest correct knowledge of 97.5%. Only 64(16.0%) of the non-health personnel had correct knowledge about pap smear. Teachers and those attending Gynaecological clinics had the highest correct knowledge of 45.0% and 24.0% respectively. There was significant difference in the overall rate of screening between the health personnel 75(23.8%) and the non-health personnel 44(11.0%). Out of the respondents that had knowledge about pap smear 42(29.0%) of the 145 non-health personnel and 75(26.0%) of the 288 health personnel had screened with no significant difference between the two groups. The two groups had similar reasons why those that were yet to screen had not screened. About 81.3 % of the health personnel and 87.1% of non-health personnel who were yet to screen would like to be screened. There is the need to carefully draw up a plan to tackle the poor knowledge, attitude and acceptance of cervical cancer and its prevention among our women.

scholarly journals Comparism of Knowledge, Attitude and Acceptance of Cervical Cancer Screening Between Female Health and Non-Health Personnel in Jos University Teaching Hospital

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-120
Author(s):  
DI Attah ◽  
S Ochejele ◽  
MC Attah ◽  
M Ochoga
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Cervical Cancer Screening ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Health Personnel ◽  
Pap Smear ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Correct Knowledge ◽  
Significant Difference

Cervical carcinoma is a preventable disease yet it remains the leading genital malignancy among women in sub-Saharan Africa. The study objective was to compare the knowledge, attitude and acceptance of cervical cancer screening among female health Personnel and non- health Personnel in Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH). JUTH. This was a across-sectional study conducted in JUTH between 15th June and 31st July, 2008. There was significant difference in knowledge between the health personnel 288(91.4%) and non-health personnel 145(36.2%) p value < 0.01. Most (73.7%) of the health personnel had correct knowledge about pap smear as a screening procedure for cervical cancer. Doctors had the highest correct knowledge of 97.5%. Only 64(16.0%) of the non-health personnel had correct knowledge about pap smear. Teachers and those attending Gynaecological clinics had the highest correct knowledge of 45.0% and 24.0% respectively. There was significant difference in the overall rate of screening between the health personnel 75(23.8%) and the non-health personnel 44(11.0%). Out of the respondents that had knowledge about pap smear 42(29.0%) of the 145 non-health personnel and 75(26.0%) of the 288 health personnel had screened with no significant difference between the two groups. The two groups had similar reasons why those that were yet to screen had not screened. About 81.3 % of the health personnel and 87.1% of non-health personnel who were yet to screen would like to be screened. There is the need to carefully draw up a plan to tackle the poor knowledge, attitude and acceptance of cervical cancer and its prevention among our women.

scholarly journals A Study on Cervical Cancer Screening Amongst Nurses in Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 497-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Awodele ◽  
A. A. A. Adeyomoye ◽  
D. F. Awodele ◽  
V. Kwashi ◽  
I. O. Awodele ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Cervical Cancer Screening ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
University Teaching

scholarly journals Awareness and Attitude of Women towards Cervical Cancer Screening in Abakaliki, South East Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 115
Author(s):  
J. O. Egede ◽  
L. O. Ajah ◽  
U. M. Agwu ◽  
M. I. Ajah ◽  
F. O. Edegbe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Cervical Cancer Screening ◽  
Cervical Screening ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
High Risk Population ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Screening Services

INTRODUCTION: Cervical cancer screening has significantly contributed to the detection of premalignant and malignant lesions of the cervix and prevention of the morbidity and mortality associated with the disease. In the developing countries, especially sub-Saharan Africa where the burden of cervical cancer is highest, the high-risk population may not know the screening schedules or be able to pay for the services, and so fail to benefit. OBJECTIVE: To determine the level of awareness of cervical cancer screening schedule and willingness to pay for cervical screening services among women in Abakaliki, southeast Nigeria. METHOD: The study design was a descriptive cross-sectional questionnaire-based and the population comprised 800 participants who came for free cervical cancer screening at well women centre, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki between January and December 2017. Data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Sciences version 20.0. RESULT: Of the 756 (94.5%) questionnaires analyzed, the mean age was 41.4 years, modal parity 4; 83.6% had prior knowledge of cervical cancer while 81.0% knew that cervical cancer screening is a diagnostic tool. Surprisingly, only 32% of those aware of cervical cancer had previously done cervical cancer screening, while 10.8% knew the interval for cervical cancer screening. On screening for cervical cancer in future, 89.2% of the respondents were willing to repeat the test while 54.2% would be willing to pay for the screening services. Being 40 years of age or less, married, educated, of high socio-economic class and having first sexual intercourse at 18 years or less were associated with willingness to pay for screening. CONCLUSION: Although the knowledge of cervical cancer is high, cervical cancer screening uptake is low, many women are aware of the interval for cervical cancer screening, and many will not be willing to pay for cervical cancer screening out of their pockets.&nbsp;

scholarly journals Predictors of Uptake of Cervical Cancer Screening Among Nurses in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement 2) ◽  
pp. 7s-7s
Author(s):  
R. Oyekale ◽  
A. Oluwatosin ◽  
B. Edet
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
Cervical Cancer Screening ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Ethical Review ◽  
P Value ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Screening Services

Background: Globally, cervical cancer cause a significant death rate annually and Nigeria is not an exception. Routine cervical cancer screening has been shown to greatly reduce the number of new cases and deaths accrued to the disease. The researcher´s interaction with nurses showed many nurses with adequate knowledge of cervical cancer and screening still display some form of nonchalant attitude toward the screening. Nurses who form a majority of healthcare providers in all settings often carried away by the care they render to patients to the extent that they neglect there own health. Previous studies have focused on knowledge and attitude to cervical cancer screening among women while no study known to the researcher has been carried out on predictors of cervical cancer screening among nurses particularly in Ogbomoso. Aim: To determine the predictors of cervical cancer screening among nurses in Ogbomoso, Oyo State. Methods: This is a descriptive cross sectional study that used a structured pretested questionnaire with a reliability score of 0.814 to collect data from 230 nurses who are randomly selected from Lautech Teaching Hospital and Bowen University Teaching Hospital in Ogbomoso. Data were collected after approval from the ethical review board of the facilities. Descriptive statistics were used to analyzed sociodemographic characteristics, knowledge of participants, attitudes of participants toward screening and association of factors with utilization of cervical cancer screening among participants while inferential statistics were analyzed with χ2 and Student t test using Statistical Package For Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 21 for Windows. Results: The mean age of participants was 38.7, SD=10.724, (72.2%) were married, (49.6%) were graduate and earn a minimum of #45,000 as monthly income. The respondents reported several factors such as level of education (71.7%), financial status (76.5%), marital status (64.8%), lack of facilities (77%), lack of awareness (75.5%), long distance to place of screening (68.7%), inconvenient screening time (75.7%) and age (65.2%) as influencing utilization of cervical cancer screening. Marital status was shown to be significantly related with utilization of cervical cancer screening with p value=0.047. Conclusion: Conclusively, the study has shown that marital status is a significant predictor of cervical cancer screening. Female nurses generally are therefore encouraged to use screening services more regularly and the hospital can help by subsidizing the cost of screening and make it more easily available and accessible for nurses. For the married nurses who utilizes screening services, they are encouraged to do it according to the guideline recommended for screening.

Systematic review of cervical cancer prevalence and determinants of early detection in Sub-Saharan Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-36
Author(s):  
Eleazar Ndabarora ◽  
Dariya Mukamusoni ◽  
Clarte Ndikumasabo ◽  
Védaste Ngirinshuti
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Early Detection ◽  
Cervical Cancer Screening ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Early Management ◽  
Screening Programs ◽  
Mesh Terms ◽  
Sub Saharan

Cervical cancer is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality globally and in Sub-Saharan Africa in particular. There is evidence that early detection and early management of cases are the best strategies to prevent and control this health threat, since treatment of the later stages of the diseases are very expensive. The objectives of the review were: (1) to identify and review studies on the prevalence of cervical cancer and determinants of early detection in Sub-Saharan Africa, and (2) to recommend further studies and interventions based on the findings of this review. Extensive literature search was conducted using the MeSH terms. Articles on cervical cancer and/or determinants of early detection which fulfilled inclusion criteria were reviewed independently by three reviewers. The prevalence of cervical cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa is increasing. Although there are evidences that cervical cancer screening programs are practical and feasible even in resource-limited settings in Sub-Saharan Africa, there is a very low uptake of cervical cancer screening and there are key factors that need to be addressed in order to make these programs established and effective.

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