Gezimu Wubishet, Demeke Ababo, Bekele Firomsa, Alemu Solomon Seyife, Fikadu Lema, Demsash Addisalem Workie, Dube Geleta Nenko, Kitil Gemeda Wakgari, Ezo Elias
Department of Nursing, College of Health Sciences, Mattu University, Mattu, Ethiopia.
Department of Nursing, College of Health Sciences, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia.
Front Oncol. 2025 Feb 3;15:1496513. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2025.1496513. eCollection 2025.
Cervical cancer is the second most frequent gynecologic cancer. Uniquely, it is easily preventable and treatable cancer if identified early. The insights of healthcare providers about cervical cancer screening have a crucial role in prevention and treatment. However, there has been limited literature on the providers' perspectives on cervical cancer screening.
This review narrated the female healthcare providers' (FHCPs') outlooks on cervical cancer screening in terms of risk perceptions, awareness, knowledge, attitude, practice, and possible barriers.
A thorough literature search was conducted to identify studies conducted on female healthcare providers' overview of the perceived risk of cervical cancer, cervical cancer screening awareness, knowledge, attitude, and practice, as well as barriers to cervical cancer screening. Databases such as PubMed, Medline, Embase, Virtual Health Library, and Google Scholar were used to search for articles.
Accordingly, this review identified that female healthcare providers have a low perceived risk of the disease, poor awareness and knowledge, unfavorable attitudes, and low uptake of screening practices. Furthermore, this review highlights the obstacles to cervical cancer screening acceptance, such as service inaccessibility, a lack of training and education, and fear of the procedure and results.
This narrative review described the variable distribution of the FHCPs' perceived risk of acquiring cervical cancer (CC). Poor knowledge and screening practices were observed. Moreover, the barriers to cervical cancer screening uptake were described. Given that healthcare providers are on the frontlines (act as role models) in increasing the community's cervical cancer screening uptake, we suggest concerned bodies increase screening access and implement staff training programs. In addition, further mixed studies should be considered to deeply understand the possible attributes ingrained in individual and social belief systems.
宫颈癌是第二常见的妇科癌症。独特的是，如果早期发现，它是一种易于预防和治疗的癌症。医疗保健提供者对宫颈癌筛查的见解在预防和治疗中起着至关重要的作用。然而，关于提供者对宫颈癌筛查的观点的文献有限。
本综述阐述了女性医疗保健提供者（FHCPs）在风险认知、意识、知识、态度、实践以及可能的障碍方面对宫颈癌筛查的看法。
进行了全面的文献检索，以确定关于女性医疗保健提供者对宫颈癌感知风险的概述、宫颈癌筛查意识、知识、态度和实践以及宫颈癌筛查障碍的研究。使用了诸如PubMed、Medline、Embase、虚拟健康图书馆和谷歌学术等数据库来搜索文章。
因此，本综述发现女性医疗保健提供者对该疾病的感知风险较低，意识和知识较差，态度不佳，筛查实践的接受率较低。此外，本综述强调了接受宫颈癌筛查的障碍，如服务不可及、缺乏培训和教育以及对检查过程和结果的恐惧。
本叙述性综述描述了女性医疗保健提供者对患宫颈癌（CC）感知风险的不同分布情况。观察到知识和筛查实践较差。此外，还描述了宫颈癌筛查接受率的障碍。鉴于医疗保健提供者在提高社区宫颈癌筛查接受率方面处于前沿（充当榜样），我们建议相关机构增加筛查机会并实施员工培训计划。此外，应考虑进一步的混合研究，以深入了解个体和社会信仰系统中可能存在的固有属性。
