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| Title |
Women’s knowledge and attitudes towards cervical cancer prevention: a cross sectional study in Eastern Uganda
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| Published in |
BMC Women's Health, January 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12905-017-0365-3 |
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| Authors |
Trasias Mukama, Rawlance Ndejjo, Angele Musabyimana, Abdullah Ali Halage, David Musoke |
| Abstract |
Cervical cancer is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among women in Uganda, often due to late disease diagnosis. Early screening for the cancer has been shown to be the most effective measure against the disease. Studies conducted elsewhere have reported the lack of awareness and negative attitudes towards cervical cancer as barriers to early screening. This study assessed the knowledge and attitudes of Ugandan women about cervical cancer prevention with the aim of informing prevention and control interventions. This study was conducted in Bugiri and Mayuge districts in eastern Uganda. It was a cross-sectional community based survey and collected data by means of a questionnaire. A total of 900 women aged 25-49 years participated in the study. Women's knowledge and attitudes towards cervical cancer prevention were assessed and scored. Data were analysed using STATA 12.0 software. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were carried out to establish the relationship between knowledge levels and demographic characteristics. Most (794; 88.2%) of the respondents had heard about cervical cancer, the majority (557; 70.2%) having received information from radio and 120 (15.1%) from health facilities. Most women (562; 62.4%) knew at least one preventive measure and (743; 82.6%) at least one symptom or sign of the disease. The majority (684; 76.0%) of respondents perceived themselves to be at risk of cervical cancer, a disease most (852; 94.6%) thought to be very severe. Living in peri-urban areas (AOR = 1.62, 95% CI: 1.15 - 2.28), urban areas (AOR = 3.64, 95% CI: 2.14 - 6.19), having a higher monthly income (AOR = 0.50, 95% CI: 0.37 - 0.68) and having had an HIV test (AOR = 1.99, 95% CI: 1.34-2.96) were associated with level of knowledge about cervical cancer prevention. Although general knowledge about cervical cancer prevention was relatively high among women, and attitudes mostly encouraging, specific knowledge about screening was low. There were also undesirable perceptions and beliefs regarding cervical cancer among respondents. There is therefore need for more education campaigns to bridge identified knowledge gaps, and scale up of cervical cancer screening services to all women to increase service uptake. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 33% |
| Uganda | 2 | 33% |
| Unknown | 2 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 50% |
| Scientists | 2 | 33% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 17% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 588 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 1 | <1% |
| Uganda | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 586 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 92 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 90 | 15% |
| Lecturer | 41 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 37 | 6% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 34 | 6% |
| Other | 86 | 15% |
| Unknown | 208 | 35% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 125 | 21% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 124 | 21% |
| Social Sciences | 23 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 2% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 10 | 2% |
| Other | 63 | 11% |
| Unknown | 232 | 39% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 March 2017.
All research outputs
#7,485,949
of 24,787,209 outputs
Outputs from BMC Women's Health
#934
of 2,188 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#132,449
of 430,025 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Women's Health
#8
of 15 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 24,787,209 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 69th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 2,188 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 10.6. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 57% of its peers.
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