Department of Health Promotion and Education, Faculty of Public Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
JCO Glob Oncol. 2021 Jun;7:1024-1031. doi: 10.1200/GO.20.00619.
This study investigated knowledge and screening practices for cervical cancer among two urban poor community settings in Ibadan, Nigeria.
A cross-sectional design was used. ODK tool was used to collect quantitative data among a sample size of 500 respondents. Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS version 21 for descriptive and inferential statistics. Scores for knowledge were on a scale of 0-39 points (0-18 low, 19-23 fair, and 24-39 high knowledge).
A majority of respondents (77.2%) had low knowledge of cervical cancer and were not aware (93.6%) of the Papanicolaou test (Pap smear test) or cervical cancer screening (91.2%). Very few women (10%) were aware of the human papillomavirus vaccine for the prevention of cervical cancer, 4% had been screened with the Papanicolaou test, and one woman (0.3%) with visual inspection with acetic acid. Four (1.1%) women had taken human papillomavirus vaccine before.
The findings of this study have underscored a necessity for increased awareness creation through health promotion interventions and strategies to alleviate low knowledge, prevention, and screening practices for cervical cancer in poor community settings in Nigeria.
本研究调查了尼日利亚伊巴丹两个城市贫困社区中，针对宫颈癌的知识和筛查实践情况。
采用横断面设计。使用 ODK 工具收集了 500 名受访者的定量数据。使用 IBM SPSS 版本 21 进行描述性和推断性统计分析。知识得分的范围为 0-39 分（0-18 分为低水平，19-23 分为中等水平，24-39 分为高水平）。
大多数受访者（77.2%）对宫颈癌的知识水平较低，并且不知道巴氏涂片检查（Pap 涂片检查）或宫颈癌筛查（91.2%）。很少有女性（10%）知道人乳头瘤病毒疫苗可预防宫颈癌，4%的女性接受过巴氏涂片检查，1 名女性（0.3%）接受过醋酸视觉检查。有 4 名女性（1.1%）曾接种过人乳头瘤病毒疫苗。
本研究结果强调了通过健康促进干预措施和策略来提高认识，以减轻尼日利亚贫困社区中宫颈癌的低知识、预防和筛查实践的必要性。
