Predictors of uptake of cervical cancer screening among women in Urban Tanzania: community-based cross-sectional study
Autor: | Walter Cleophance Millanzi, Changying Chen, Mikiyas Amare Getu, Kamala Dhakal, Joanes Faustine Mboineki, Panpan Wang |
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Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
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Community-Based Participatory Research Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) Urban Population Cross-sectional study Uterine Cervical Neoplasms Cervical cancer screening Tanzania Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Environmental health medicine Humans Health belief model 030212 general & internal medicine Early Detection of Cancer Community based Cervical cancer 030505 public health biology business.industry Public health Knowledge level fungi Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Middle Aged Patient Acceptance of Health Care medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Cross-Sectional Studies Socioeconomic Factors Female 0305 other medical science business |
Zdroj: | International Journal of Public Health. 65:1593-1602 |
ISSN: | 1661-8564 1661-8556 |
Popis: | The proportion of women screened for cervical cancer in Tanzania remains small at 6–21%. Even though some studies have been conducted to address barriers, the screening uptake remains low, which denotes the presence of unidentified barriers. The main objective of this study is to assess the predictors in the uptake of cervical cancer screening (CCS) among women in Tanzania. This is a community-based cross-sectional study conducted to obtain quantitative data through validated questionnaires to assess predictors of CCS. 1013 (91.8%) of the respondents had not been screened for cervical cancer. Three predictors of CCS were identified in this study; screening intention, health beliefs, and knowledge level. 600 (54.4%) of respondents had no screening intention. 552 (50%) had negative health beliefs, and 585 (53%) had inadequate knowledge of cervical cancer and CCS. Respondents who had no intention to screen were 0.482 (AOR) times less likely to uptake CCS (P = 0.002; 95% CI: 0.305, 0.761). The ongoing community-awareness raising campaigns should be coupled with community knowledge-raising campaign, and there should be an establishing of peer-supporting screening programs in communities. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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