Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Towards Cervical Cancer Screening among Health Care Professionals in Addis Ababa City Administration;Addis Ababa,Ethiopia ,2021
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2021-09
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Addis Abeba University
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Back-ground: Cervical cancer is the commonest gynecologic cancer in the developing world.
Over the past several decades, the incidence of cervical cancer has decreased in industrialized
countries. This is mainly attributed to increased awareness and more effective screening and
prevention strategies employed in these countries. Although there are evidence-based,
affordable, fewer resources requiring, feasible interventions to carry out in low-level health
facilities, and effective treatment modalities; the utilization of these screening methods is limited
in low-income countries like Ethiopia. Prevention of cervical cancer in low-resource settings can
be conducted by increasing the knowledge of cervical cancer screening and its practice by
primary health care professionals (1, 2)
Objective: To assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practice of cervical cancer screening among
health professionals working in Addis Ababa City Administration Health Facilities
Method: a cross-sectional study was conducted from May 1, 2021- June 15, 2021, among
health professionals working in selected health Centers in Addis Ababa . A pre-tested, structured
questionnaire and a checklist were used to collect data .The data was collected from 8 randomly
selected health centers involving health professionals. Data was analyzed using SPSS version
25. Binary and multiple logistic regression analysis were used to look for an association between
cervical cancer screening knowledge and socio-demographic variables.
Result: In this study 36% of the participants had good knowledge on cervical cancer
screening, , Majority of participants 71(57%) had favoreable attitude towards cervical cancer
screening. Untrained, lost to follow up ,and difficulty of doing the screening procedure were
some reasons not to do cervical cancer screening practice. Age ≥40 years (AOR=20.8,
95%CI=3.6,118.9), male health provider(AOR=2.3, 95%CI=1.27, 4.22) ,working area,and
having functioning Cervical Cancer screening(AOR=5.2, 95%CI=1.71,16.5) were the factors
associated with better knowledge of cervical cancer screening.
Conclusion : The knowledge of the study participants on cervical cancer screening was low.
Even those who had good knowledge on cervical cancer screening, has limited attitude and quite low practice at Work. There is a need to look into the cervical screening services and the health
provides role in the Uptake of the service in Addis Ababa.
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Cervical Cancer,Health Care Professionals