Factors associated with attitudes of rural women toward cervical cancer screening

Asthana, Smita; Labani, Satyanarayana

doi:10.4103/0970-0218.120163

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“…Community based studies have reported that 2%-6.9% of women got tested. [ 6 10 ] Surprisingly, there was not much difference in proportions (7%-8%) among “nurses” working in tertiary care centers. [ 7 8 9 10 ] There is gap between awareness and practice.…”

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“…[ 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ] Studies exploring the knowledge of the women about cervical cancer have focused on either on “nursing staff” working in hospitals or on women in the rural community. [ 6 7 8 9 10 ] Three of these studies, which focused on “nursing staff” have reported good awareness cervical cancer and its screening though the proportion of who have ever undergone Pap smear ranges from 7% to 8%, respectively. [ 7 8 9 ] Two studies which were done on women in rural communities have also reported awareness of about 72% though only 2%-6.9% ever had a Pap smear test.…”

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“…[ 7 8 9 ] Two studies which were done on women in rural communities have also reported awareness of about 72% though only 2%-6.9% ever had a Pap smear test. [ 6 10 ] One study among women who attended the outpatient departments (OPDs) has reported low awareness (16%) though 10% had ever received Pap test. [ 11 ] Another study from India did not provide any information on knowledge or the proportion of women who have undergone Pap smear test.…”

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A study on knowledge and screening for cervical cancer among women in Mangalore city

Kumar¹,

Tanya²

2014

Ann Med Health Sci Res

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Background:Most of the cervical cancer cases are diagnosed late leading to poor outcomes. Very few studies have explored the role of doctor and source of information for awareness of women about cervical cancer in India.Aim:Hence, this study was conducted with the objective of knowing the knowledge of women about cervical cancer, its screening, role of doctor, source of information, and reasons for not undergoing screening if the women had not undergone testing for cervical cancer.Subjects and Methods:This was a questionnaire based cross-sectional study conducted among the women attending the outpatient departments of teaching hospitals attached to Kasturba Medical College. A sample size of 83 was calculated. A semi-structured questionnaire was developed. After obtaining permission from Institutional Ethics Committee, the questionnaire was administered to the women in the language of their preference. Women were educated after the data collection and a hand-out was provided. Data was analyzed using SPSS Version 10. Student's independent ‘t’ test was used to compare mean knowledge scores across sociodemographic groups.Results:Majority of the women have poor knowledge about cervical cancer (81.9% [68/83]) and it's screening (85.5% [71/83]). Only 6 out of 83 women had undergone screening. Though women had come into contact with doctors earlier, they were neither educated about cervical cancer nor were they told about the screening. Whatever little knowledge the women had was obtained from mass media.Conclusions:Majority of women had poor knowledge. Mass media could be used to educate the women. There is a need to conduct community based study to know the practices of doctors and assess if they are educating and offering suggestions for screening.

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A study on knowledge and screening for cervical cancer among women in Mangalore city

Kumar¹,

Tanya²

2014

Ann Med Health Sci Res

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“…A cross-sectional study was conducted during February-April 2009 in rural areas of Dadri Tehsil in Uttar Pradesh. For an expected frequency of 40% of cervical cancer awareness in the community with 5% absolute allowable error, 95% confidence level, and an anticipated 20% nonresponse level a sample size of 200 was found adequate [11].…”

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Intrinsic motivated cervical cancer screening intervention framework

Hasan

GholamHosseini

Sarkar

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2017 IEEE Region 10 Humanitarian Technology Conference (R10-Htc)

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Cervical cancer turned into a reason of extreme mortality even though it is preventable. The expansion rate of cervical cancer is at alarming rate internationally, including both developed (e.g. New Zealand) and developing (e.g. Bangladesh) countries. This study considers survey data collected from Chittagong Medical College Hospital in Bangladesh and other secondary data from open sources. Studies have uncovered that younger women aged from 25 to 34 tend not to react to cervical screening program. Without regular cervical cancer screening, the early changes that could progress to cervical cancer suffering would not be picked up. This study aims to address these concerns by proposing a cervical screening intervention program to encourage women of all age group to participate in the screening program. The intervention could contribute to the health sector by decreasing the cervical cancer mortality rate and associated cost. The preliminary investigation shows that about 96% screening take-up following such intervention program suggesting that a proper intrinsic motivated cervical cancer intervention program is required.

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“…The motivation for the women to go for screening by themselves would require appropriate health education messages tailored to the cultural, religious and spiritual belief of community [7,11] . In another study from nearby rural community of North India, one of the main factors associated with cervical cancer screening was the uneducated elderly women [12] .…”

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Rural community’s perspectives on cervical cancer screening: Report of a consensus-planning workshop

Asthana

Labani²

2017

Adv Mod Oncol Res

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Abstract:The success of any screening programme depends largely on the acceptability of the community to undergo screening. This study is an attempt to explore the perspectives of rural women on screening through qualitative research, using data generated in a consensus workshop for an unscreened population prior to the start of a screening programme. The study adopted a qualitative method in the form of consensus-planning workshop prior to the start of the careHPV screening project. Knowledge about cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (HPV) infection was found to be very low. Special efforts are needed to educate the elderly women of the family and the peers of the rural community so that the project runs successfully, as their views can influence community participation. The response by rural women in undertaking selfsamplings was good. Cervical screening is acceptable and can be implemented in a rural community setting. The success of screening programme depends on health education of the rural community.

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Factors associated with attitudes of rural women toward cervical cancer screening

Cited by 11 publications

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A study on knowledge and screening for cervical cancer among women in Mangalore city

A study on knowledge and screening for cervical cancer among women in Mangalore city

Intrinsic motivated cervical cancer screening intervention framework

Rural community’s perspectives on cervical cancer screening: Report of a consensus-planning workshop

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