Cervical Cancer: Community Perception and Preventive Practices in an Urban Neighborhood of Lagos (Nigeria)
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Background. Cervical cancer prevention in developing countries is suboptimal compared with the developed world where there are fewer deaths and improved survival rates. This study describes the perception and preventive practices on cervical cancer by residents of an urban neighborhood of Lagos, Nigeria.Methods. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 317 consecutively recruited consenting participants at a medical outreach using a pretested, interviewer-administered, semistructured questionnaire. Data analysis was done using statistical package for social sciences version 19. Tests of significance were performed using 95% confidence interval with level of significance set atP<0.05.Results. The majority of respondents were within 30–49 years of age (46.7%) and female (62.1%) and 70.3% had secondary level education and above. About 37.2% of respondents had heard about cervical cancer with 84.5% of the participants willing to attend a cervical cancer health education program. Among the female respondents, 4.1% had received the HPV vaccine, while 5.1% had undergone a Pap test. Awareness about cervical cancer was significantly higher with increasing age in the total population (P<0.05).Conclusion. There is a need to improve awareness of at-risk groups and the menfolk about cervical cancer based on the immense benefit of male involvement in reproductive health matters.
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Cultural and religious factors make vaginal exposure a socially profound issue by insisting that such exposure should occur completely and solely between a husband and his wife.
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- Authors
- Wright, K. O., Aiyedehin, O., Akinyinka, M. R., & Ilozumba, O.
- Affiliations
- Department of Community Health and Primary Health Care, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria
- Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (NG)
- Venue
- ISRN Preventive Medicine
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2014-02-04
- Volume
- 2014
- Pages
- 1-9
- ISSN
- 2090-8784 (ISSN-L)
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- PMC4045464
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- W1991269431
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- en
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- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Women's cancer prevention and management
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Keywords
- cervical cancer, cervical cancer prevention, community perceptions, health awareness, HPV vaccination, Pap smear, health education, male involvement in reproductive health, Lagos
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