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Knowledge, attitude and practices towards cervical cancer and its screening among women from tribal population: a community-based study from southern India

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Ghosh, Supriti, Mallya, Sneha D., Shetty, Ranjitha S., Pattanshetty, Sanjay M., Pandey, Deeksha, Kabekkodu, Shama Prasada, Satyamoorthy, Kapaettu, Kamath, Veena G.·2021·Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
DOI 10.1007/s40615-020-00760-4PMC PMC7853713
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Background: Cervical cancer continues to be a leading cancer among women in India. Despite availability of various screening techniques, majority of Indian women remain unscreened for cancer cervix. The increasing incidence could be attributed to the lack of awareness regarding cervical cancer screening and paucity of organized screening facilities in the country. This study assessed the knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) towards cervical cancer screening among tribal women of coastal Karnataka, southern India. Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 1140 women aged 20–65 years from three tribes. Information on their KAP towards cervical cancer screening was collected using a semi-structured questionnaire. Results: Mean age of the participants was 39.8 ± 10.1 years. Although 82.9% of the participants reported to have heard of cervical cancer, 51% were aware that the disease could be prevented, and only 2.3% knew that it can be detected at an early stage. Over 75% of the participants did not have adequate knowledge regarding cervical cancer. However, majority of them (99.9%) had a favourable attitude towards cervical cancer screening. None of them had undergone cervical cancer screening prior to the study. The knowledge scores were significantly associated with age group, marital status, education level, socioeconomic status and tribal community of the participants ( p < 0.05). Conclusion: Overall knowledge regarding cervical cancer among the surveyed women was poor, though they exhibited a positive attitude. This calls for a sustained health education and screening program to create awareness and improve the uptake of cervical cancer screening among these women .

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Authors
Ghosh, S., Mallya, S. D., Shetty, R. S., Pattanshetty, S. M., Pandey, D., Kabekkodu, S. P., Satyamoorthy, K., & Kamath, V. G.
Affiliations
Manipal Academy of Higher Education (IN)
Corresponding author
Shetty, Ranjitha S.
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2020-04-24
Volume
8
Issue
1
Pages
88-93
ISSN
  • 2196-8837 (ISSN-L)
  • 2197-3792
DOI
10.1007/s40615-020-00760-4
PMC
PMC7853713
OpenAlex
W3020657974
Cited by
63
References
28
Citations by year
2026: 12 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 1
FWCI
4.87
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Greater South Information System
Funders
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Women's cancer prevention and management
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
Keywords
cervical cancer, cervical cancer screening, knowledge, attitudes and practices, tribal women, screening uptake, health awareness, socioeconomic status, health education, coastal Karnataka
MeSH terms
Adult, Aged, Uterine Cervical Neoplasms, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, India, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Middle Aged, Population Groups, Early Detection of Cancer, Young Adult

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