The attitude and knowledge of cervical cancer by Cameroonian women; a clinical survey conducted in Maroua, the capital of Far North Province of Cameroon
| Autor: | Christine Bouchardy, A. L. Major, Pierre Marie Tebeu, L. Ali, Z. Sando, Elisabetta Rapiti, L. De Bernis, Paulette Mhawech-Fauceglia, P. Petignat |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Screening test Sexual Behavior MEDLINE Uterine Cervical Neoplasms Disease Sexual Behavior/physiology Social class Vaginal Smears/psychology medicine Humans Cameroon Socioeconomic status ddc:613 Vaginal Smears Gynecology Cervical cancer ddc:618 Cervical screening business.industry Data Collection Urbanization Obstetrics and Gynecology Awareness Middle Aged Single mothers medicine.disease Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/prevention & control/psychology Social Class Oncology Family medicine Female business |
| Zdroj: | International journal of gynecological cancer, Vol. 18, No 4 (2008) pp. 761-765 |
| ISSN: | 1525-1438 1048-891X |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2007.01066.x |
| Popis: | This study was conducted to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and assumption of cervical cancer by women living in Maroua, the capital of the Far North Province of Cameroon. In a 1-month period, 171 women were surveyed as to their socioeconomic status, sexual habits, prior knowledge of cervical cancer, its prevention, and their attitudes toward cervical cancer. Of 171 women, 48 (28%) had prior knowledge of cervical cancer; they were classified as the "aware group" compared with 123 of 171 (72%) women who were uninformed about cervical cancer and they were classified as the "unaware group" (UG). The UG of women tended to be single mothers, illiterate, housewives, and had their first child before the age of 20 (P < 0.005). Despite the awareness of cervical cancer by 28% of women, only a minority of them, 4 of 48 (8.3%), underwent a preventative screening test. Only 71 of 171 (41.5%) women stated that they would be having a screening test in the future. The awareness of cervical cancer by women in Cameroon is still inadequate. Thus, to avoid deaths from cervical cancer, a curable and preventable disease, the need of an aggressive campaign to make Cameroonian women aware of cervical cancer and its prevention is needed. |
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