Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Towards Cervical Cancer Screening among Health Care Professionals in Addis Ababa City Administration;Addis Ababa,Ethiopia ,2021
| dc.contributor.advisor | Yigeremu, Mahlet (MD, Assistant professor in Gynecology and Obstetrics) | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Andualem, Samirawit (MD, Assistant professor in Gynecology and Obstetrics) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Dechasa, Tujo | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-12T07:05:08Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-01-08T14:27:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-01-12T07:05:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-01-08T14:27:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-09 | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/29506 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Abeba University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Cervical Cancer,Health Care Professionals | en_US |
| dc.title | Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Towards Cervical Cancer Screening among Health Care Professionals in Addis Ababa City Administration;Addis Ababa,Ethiopia ,2021 | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |