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| Title |
Comprehensive knowledge and uptake of cervical cancer screening is low among women living with HIV/AIDS in Northwest Ethiopia
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| Published in |
Gynecologic Oncology Research and Practice, December 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s40661-017-0057-6 |
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| Authors |
Daniel Asfaw Erku, Adeladlew Kassie Netere, Amanual Getnet Mersha, Sileshi Ayele Abebe, Abebe Basazn Mekuria, Sewunet Admasu Belachew |
| Abstract |
In Ethiopia, cervical cancer is ranked as the second most common type of cancer in women and it is about 8 times more common in HIV infected women. However, data on knowledge of HIV infected women regarding cervical cancer and acceptability of screening is scarce in Ethiopia. Hence, the present study was aimed at assessing the level of knowledge of about cervical cancer and uptake of screening among HIV infected women in Gondar, northwest Ethiopia. A cross sectional, questionnaire based survey was conducted on 302 HIV infected women attending the outpatient clinic of University of Gondar referral and teaching hospital from March 1 to 30, 2017. Descriptive statistics, univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis were also performed to examine factors associated with uptake of cervical cancer screening service. Overall, only 64 (21.2%) of respondent were knowledgeable about cervical cancer and screening and only 71 (23.5%) of respondents were ever screened in their life time. Age between 21 and 29 years old (AOR = 2.78, 95% CI = 1.71-7.29), perceived susceptibility to develop cervical cancer (AOR =2.85, 95% CI = 1.89-6.16) and comprehensive knowledge of cervical cancer (AOR = 3.02, 95% CI = 2.31-7.15) were found to be strong predictors of cervical cancer screening service uptake. The knowledge and uptake of cervical cancer screening among HIV infected women was found to be very poor. Taking into consideration the heightened importance of comprehensive knowledge in boosting up the number of participants towards cervical cancer screening services, different stakeholders working on cancer and HIV/AIDS should provide a customized health promotion intervention and awareness creation to HIV-infected women, along with improving accessibility of cervical cancer screening services in rural areas. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 6 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 33% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 17% |
| Italy | 1 | 17% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 1 | 17% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 95 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 95 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 17 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 7 | 7% |
| Researcher | 6 | 6% |
| Lecturer | 5 | 5% |
| Other | 14 | 15% |
| Unknown | 37 | 39% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 27 | 28% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 16 | 17% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 4% |
| Environmental Science | 2 | 2% |
| Arts and Humanities | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 7 | 7% |
| Unknown | 38 | 40% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. 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 02 June 2019.
All research outputs
#6,169,905
of 23,015,156 outputs
Outputs from Gynecologic Oncology Research and Practice
#10
of 34 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#123,332
of 440,405 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Gynecologic Oncology Research and Practice
#2
of 5 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 23,015,156 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 73rd percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 34 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 10.1. This one scored the same or higher as 24 of them.
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