Assessment of Cervical Cancer Patients of Psycho-Social Support: A case study of Black Lion Specialized Teaching Hospital
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2019-06
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Addis Ababa University
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This research is about the Assessment of Cervical Cancer Patients Psycho-Social Support in the cases of Black Lion Specialized Teaching Hospital. Specifically, this research is done in order to identify the psychological challenges of cervical cancer patients, to assess psy, and to identify how patients treat themselves for cervical cancer. In order to achieve the above objectives this study used primary data which was collected through questionnaires and interview. The data collected from the sample were analyzed and interpreted by descriptive data analysis technique. The results of this study indicated that psycho-social support given to that cervical cancer patient was poor and there is a lack of psycho-social support for cervical cancer patients .. In addition to that the result indicated that, the existence of poor utilization of services was due to poor practice and lack of knowledge and information. Finally, the researcher recommended that there should be broad promotion to cervical cancer screening among women by informing them on their susceptibility and encouraging regular screening in order to detect cervical cancer at the pre-cancerous stage.
Key words: Cervical Cancer, Counseling Psycho-Social support services, Palliative care:
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Cervical Cancer, Counseling Psycho-Social support services, Palliative care