Is Cervical Cancer a Concern to Women? A Cross-Sectional Study
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cervical cancer, risk factors, signs and symptoms, pap smear test. HPV vaccinationАннотация
The purpose of the study was to assess the knowledge regarding cervical cancer and awareness of its prevention among women of rural India. This cross-sectional study was conducted in the rural areas of Punjab state, India. A total of 275 women were enrolled for the study by using non-randomized convenient sampling. Cervical cancer awareness measure (cervical CAM) tool kit version 2.1 was the tool used for the study with necessary modification. More than half of the participants (52.4%) were heard about cervical cancer, but their knowledge about risk factors (25.5%) and signs and symptoms (6.5%) were very poor, in addition, only a very few of them were aware about screening (21.2%) and vaccination (10.5%). The participants have very poor knowledge about risk factors, signs and symptoms, screening and prevention of cervical cancer. This study concluded by emphasizing the need of a large-scale public education program regarding carcinoma cervix. Keywords: HPV vaccination, Pap smear test, cervical cancer, risk factors, signs and symptoms Cite this Article Vijay V.R., Neetu Tripathi. Is Cervical Cancer, a Concern to Women? A Cross Sectional Study. Journal of Nursing Science and Practice. 2016; 6(1): 31–38p.
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