ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE, AND PRACTICE (KAP) OF CERVICAL CANCER AND SCREENING AMONG ADULT ARMY WOMEN AGED 18 YEARS AND ABOVE IN ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA.

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Background: Cervical cancer is one of the gravest threats to women?s lives. It is estimated that over a million women worldwide currently suffer from cervical cancer. Most of these women have neither been diagnosed, nor do they have access to treatment that could cure them or prolong their lives. Public and individual awareness can play a vital role in the prevention, early diagnosis and treatment of cervical cancer. Objectives: To assess the knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of cervical cancer and Screening among army women aged 18 and above years in Addis Ababa Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study design was conducted among 346 army women aged 18 years and above. The study subjects were selected from different military camps by stratified sampling. Data were entered into EPI info version 3.5.1 and exported to SPSS version 20 for analysis. Frequencies, proportions and summary statistics were used to describe the study population in relation to relevant variables. The impact of selected socio- demographic and other characteristics on knowledge, Attitude, Practices of cervical cancer was investigated using both bivariate method and multivariate logistic regression techniques. Results: The majority 328(94.7%) of the study participants had heard about cervical cancer and screening and 302 (87.3%) about cervical cancer smear. Almost two-third 225 (65%) of respondents were Knowledgeable and 217(62.7%) had positive attitude towards cervical cancer screening. Three hundred twenty (92.48%) participants were not screened for cervical cancer and only 7.5% were screened in their lifetime. When asked reasons for not being screened, half (56.6%) said they were healthy and about 77(24.6` %) said that they didn?t have information. In Multivariate analysis those who were older were 7 time knowledgeable than younger age groups (AOR=7.36; 95 %CI=1.80-30.02) and rank officers nearly 4 time Knowledgeable than Non-officer Army women. (AOR= 3.92; 95%CI =1.61-9.55) Conclusion: The present study concludes that there is satisfactory knowledge and Attitude among female army about cervical cancer and screening .Nevertheless, the screening uptake is low, the need for more advocacy work by service provider to measure the necessary practice.

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[Shewaye Haile Shibeshi and Mebrate Degefu. (2017); ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE, AND PRACTICE (KAP) OF CERVICAL CANCER AND SCREENING AMONG ADULT ARMY WOMEN AGED 18 YEARS AND ABOVE IN ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Jun). 1940-1946] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Shewaye Haile Shibeshi
Tongji University, College of Medicin, Shanghai, China

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/4626      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/4626

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