ArticleJournal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences2019
Knowledge and Awareness Toward Cervical Cancer Screening and Prevention Among the Professional College Female Students.
Article in Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.
- Evidence of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Regarding Human Papilloma Virus Vaccination at the Community Level in India: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2024Pooled it
- Prevalence and genotype distribution of genital human papillomavirus infection in female sex workers in the world: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2020Pooled it
- Awareness about Cervical Cancer and HPV Vaccine among Undergraduate College Students in Purba Barddhaman District, West Bengal: A Cross-Sectional StudyAsian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2025Article
- Analysis of human papillomavirus infection and its correlation with cervical lesions in Huizhou women.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Knowledge, attitude and practices towards cervical cancer control among University students in Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania.PloS one · 2025Article
- Factors related to knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding cervical cancer among Yemeni women.BMC cancer · 2024Article
- Role of CK7 Immunoreactivity in Predicting Progression of the Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia: A Retrospective Cross-sectional Study.Iranian journal of pathology · 2024Article
- Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Related to Cervical Cancer Prevention and Screening among Female Pharmacy Students at a Public University in a Southern Region of Saudi Arabia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Factors Affecting Participation in Cervical Screening by Female Nurses in Public Health Institutions in Vhembe District, Limpopo Province.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2023Article
- Evaluating the Health Belief Model Constructs in Adopting the HPV Preventive Behavior.Journal of family & reproductive health · 2023Article
- Knowledge and Attitude of Cervical Cancer Screening and Vaccination in Patients Attending Gynecology Outpatient Clinic at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan.South Asian journal of cancer · 2023Article
- Understanding of Cervical Screening Adoption among Female University Students Based on the Precaution Adoption Process Model and Health-Belief Model.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Sexual and reproductive health knowledge of postgraduate students at the University of Cape Town, in South Africa.Reproductive health · 2022Article
- Knowledge, attitudes and practices toward cervical cancer and screening among sexually active Saudi females visiting a primary care center in Saudi Arabia.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022Article
- Knowledge and Use of Cervical Cancer Prevention Services among Social Work and Nursing University Students.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Molecular pathways in the development of HPV-induced cervical cancer.EXCLI journal · 2021Review
- Knowledge and attitude about cervical cancer and human papillomavirus vaccine among medical and paramedical students of a university.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2021Article
- Inferring Virus-Host relationship between HPV and its host Homo sapiens using protein interaction network.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Cancer awareness and attitude towards cancer screening in India: A narrative review.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2020Review
- Determinants of cervical cancer knowledge and barriers to human papillomavirus vaccine uptake among female university students: A cross-sectional study.Women's health (London, England)Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundWorldwide, cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer affecting women. The five most frequent cancers affecting women in India are breast, cervical, oral cavity, lung, and colorectal cancer. More women die from cervical cancer in India than in any other country. Cancers of major public health relevance such as breast, oral, cervical, gastric, lung, and colorectal cancer can be cured if detected early and treated adequately. The objective of this study was to assess the knowledge and attitudes toward cervical cancer screening and prevention. MATERIALS AND
methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted among 100 professional college female students to obtain information about their knowledge and attitudes on cervical cancer screening and prevention.
resultsIn this study, we intended to assess the knowledge and attitudes toward cervical cancer screening and prevention among 100 professional college female students with a mean age of 18 years. All the respondents were single. Majority of the respondents were not aware about the cervical cancer, PAP smear testing, and human papillomavirus vaccine.
conclusionThese results indicate that most of the students participated in our study were not aware about the cervical cancer screening and prevention. Deaths resulting from cervical cancer are tragic as this type of cancer develops slowly, which is treatable and can be prevented through screening. Therefore, it is important that negative attitudes and gaps in knowledge should be addressed early before the women reach suitable ages for screening and vaccination.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.