Knowledge, perceptions and practice of cervical cancer prevention among female public secondary school teachers in Mushin local government area of Lagos State, Nigeria

The Pan African Medical Journal

Omolola Salako¹  Alero Ann Roberts²  Adebayo Temitayo Onajole²  Ezekiel Sofela Oridota²  Mariam Adeola Toye³  Kehinde Sharafadeen Okunade⁴ 

[1] Cancer Information Service, Sebeccly Cancer Care and Support Center, Lagos, Nigeria;Department of Community Health, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria;Department of Medicine and Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria;Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria;

关键词: cervical cancer;    hpv vaccine;    lagos;    mushin;    prevention;    papanicolaou;   

DOI  :  10.11604/pamj.2017.28.221.13980

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

INTRODUCTION: cervical cancer is the most common gynecological cancer and a leading cause of cancer death in women in Nigeria. This study was aimed to assess the knowledge, perception, and practice of cervical cancer prevention among female public secondary school teachers in Mushin, Lagos. METHODS: this was a cross-sectional study carried out among female secondary school teachers in Mushin, Lagos. The participants were selected by a two-stage random sampling method and relevant data were collected with the use a self-administered questionnaire. Data entry and analysis were done using Epi-info version 7.2 statistical software and descriptive statistics were computed for all data. RESULTS: the knowledge of cervical cancer and its prevention was 100.0% among the respondents. The most commonly known method of cervical cancer screening identified by the respondents was Papanicolaou smear (91.4%). More than half of the women (67.0%) have had at least one cervical cancer screening done previously. Only 2.2% of the respondents have had HPV vaccine given to their female teenage children in the past despite the acceptance rate for HPV vaccination being 76.2%. CONCLUSION: this study, unlike most previous studies in other regions of Nigeria and most part of sub-Saharan Africa, has demonstrated a relatively high level of awareness about cervical cancer, its cause, risk factors and prevention. However, conversely, the absence of a national health programme means that screening and vaccination centers are not available, accessible or affordable.

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