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ReviewCancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice on Cervical Cancer and Screening Among Women in India: A Review.

Neha Taneja, Bhavika Chawla, Aanchal Anant Awasthi, Kumar Dron Shrivastav, Vinita Kumar Jaggi, Rajiv Janardhanan

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Review in Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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47citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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47 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 91 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Neha TanejaLaboratory of Disease Dynamics & Molecular Epidemiology, Amity Institute of Public Health, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3818-7993
Bhavika ChawlaLaboratory of Disease Dynamics & Molecular Epidemiology, Amity Institute of Public Health, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Aanchal Anant AwasthiLaboratory of Health Data Analytics & Visualization Environment, Amity Institute of Public Health, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Kumar Dron ShrivastavLaboratory of Health Data Analytics & Visualization Environment, Amity Institute of Public Health, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Vinita Kumar JaggiDepartment of Surgical Oncology (Gynecological Oncology Division), Delhi State Cancer Institute, New Delhi, India.
Rajiv JanardhananLaboratory of Disease Dynamics & Molecular Epidemiology, Amity Institute of Public Health, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Amity University · INDelhi State Cancer Institute · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCervical Cancer is the second most common cancer among women in the world leading to 90% deaths in low and middle income countries. About 96,922 new Cervical Cancer cases are diagnosed annually in India.

objectiveTo study the knowledge, attitude and practice on Cervical Cancer and screening among women in India. MATERIALS AND

methodsHealth sciences electronic databases PubMed and Google Scholar were searched for studies published between 2012 to March 2020. Keywords used for the search were ("Cervical Cancer screening"), ("knowledge"),("attitude"), ("practice") AND ("India"). 19 articles were included in the review based on the eligibility criteria. Statistical software SPSS-V.23 was used for the statistical application.

results7688 women were included in the study. Age of study participants ranged from 12-65 years. Overall knowledge on Cervical Cancer among women was 40.22%. Knowledge of risk factors and signs and symptoms was fairly adequate among the women. 32.68% of women knew that early age of marriage was a risk factor for Cervical Cancer followed by 23.01% women who mentioned that early age of initiation of sexual activity was a common risk factor for Cervical Cancer. Inter menstrual bleeding and foul smelling discharge was the most common sign and symptom reported in 30.75% and 28.86% women respectively. Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding Cervical Cancer screening was seen in 20.31%, 43.64% and 13.22% of women respectively.

conclusionEffective information, education and communication strategies are required to improve the level of awareness of women on Cervical Cancer.

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AdultAgedCommunity Health ServicesEarly Detection of CancerFemaleHumansIndiaMass ScreeningMiddle AgedRural PopulationUrban PopulationUterine Cervical NeoplasmsVaginal Smearsattitudecervical cancerIndiaknowledgepracticescreening

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