Knowledge And Acceptability Of Cervical Cancer Screening Among Female Part-time Students

Knowledge And Acceptability Of Cervical Cancer Screening Among Female Part-time Students

Abstract

Cancer of the cervix remains the most common nasty lump of the womanish genitalia and the alternate most common cancer in women. Cervical Cancers screening serves to descry the possibility that a cancer is present. The main ideal of the study was to determine the knowledge and adequacy of Cervicals Cancer Screening among womanish Part- Time scholars in University of Benin. The thesis for the study was there’s no relationship between knowledge of cervical cancer and adequacy of cervical cancer webbing. Survey exploration design was used in the study. Simple arbitrary slice was used to elect the sample. The sample comported of 200 womanish Part- Time scholars in University of Benin. Data was collected using questionnaire. The study findings revealed that slightly below half further than half of( 74) of the repliers were between the age of 20- 25 times, 58( 77) repliers couldn’t flash back age of their first sexual intercourse, the maturity 168( 86) of repliers have heard of cervical cancer, maturity 126( 63) of repliers heard about cervical cancer from media, hundred and two( 51) actors explained cervical cancer as abnormal lesion on the cervix, sixty four( 32) repliers stated that vulnerable sexual intercourse is a threat factor of cervicals cancer, sixty( 30) of repliers stated that abnormal vaginal bleeding is a sign of cervical cancer, 120( 60) repliers stated that cervical cancer can be detected by cervicals cancer webbing, maturity 194( 97) of repliers stated that cervical cancers webbing is done in sanitarium, maturity 178( 89) of repliers had noway been screened for cervical cancers, maturity 94( 47) of repliers explosively agreed that cervical cancer webbing is important, the maturity 144( 72) of the repliers had no intention of going for cervicals cancer webbing, maturity 80( 40) of repliers stated that lack of mindfulness to cervical cancers webbing is a major hedge to cervical cancer webbing. The study recommends among others that nursers should engage more on giving Information Education and Communication( IEC) at all situations of Health Care Delivery toward cervical cancers webbing. Cervical cancers screening center should be made available in university of Benin health center at subsidized quantum so that womanish scholars can fluently pierce the service.