Women’s knowledge and attitudes towards cervical cancer prevention: A qualitative study in the Spanish context
| Autor: | Vanessa Sánchez-Martínez, Cruz Sebastiá-Laguarda, Francisco Donat-Colomer, Jessica Borrull-Guardeño |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Health Knowledge
Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Population Uterine Cervical Neoplasms Context (language use) 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Breast cancer medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Pap test education Early Detection of Cancer General Nursing Vaginal Smears Cervical cancer education.field_of_study 030504 nursing medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry General Medicine medicine.disease Focus group Cross-Sectional Studies Spain Family medicine Female Health education 0305 other medical science business Papanicolaou Test Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical Nursing. 30:1383-1393 |
| ISSN: | 1365-2702 0962-1067 |
| Popis: | Aims and objectives To explore the knowledge, attitudes and practices related to cervical cancer and its prevention in Spain. Background Worldwide, women's knowledge about cervical cancer is low, and their attitudes towards its prevention are good, but they do not correlate with the screening uptake. Although the rates of Spanish women performing cervical cancer screening are mostly acceptable, their knowledge and attitudes about it have not been explored. Design Qualitative descriptive study. Methods Three focus groups were conducted, with 21 women aged 25 to 65 years. Participants were recruited through convenience sampling. For intragroup homogeneity, women participated in age groups. The COREQ reporting guidelines were used. Results Women expressed their knowledge about cervical cancer was low. None of the participants identified the human papillomavirus as a cause of cervical cancer, nor did they mention the vaccine as a preventive measure. They all knew about the screening existence, but not about its frequency nor target population. About the attitudes and practice, 18 women had an appropriate screening, and they were favourable to this health check, claiming an increase in its frequency. Nineteen women claimed they had not received enough information from the healthcare system and a lack of social awareness in comparison with breast cancer. They demanded from the professionals more health education, a reminder of their appointments and a report of the Pap test results. Conclusions There was a self-perceived low level of knowledge about cervical cancer risk factors and its prevention in the participants. However, they expressed favourable attitudes towards screening, and they demanded more information about cervical cancer and its prevention measures, and they regretted its low social awareness. Relevance to clinical practice Midwives, general nurses and other nurse specialists may have a leading position in health education for cervical cancer prevention in different population levels. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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