A qualitative study of cervical cancer and cervical cancer screening awareness among nurses in Ghana

被引：17

作者：

Williams, Michelle S. ^{[1
]}

Kenu, Ernest ^{[2
]}

Dzubey, Isaac ^{[3
]}

Dennis-Antwi, Jemima A. ^{[4
]}

Fontaine, Kevin ^{[5
]}

机构：

[1] Auburn Univ, Sch Nursing, Auburn, AL USA

[2] Univ Ghana, Dept Epidemiol & Dis Control, Legon, Ghana

[3] Battor Catholic Hosp, Battor, Ghana

[4] Ghana Coll Nurses & Midw, Accra, Ghana

[5] Univ Alabama Birmingham, Dept Hlth Behav, Birmingham, AL USA

来源：

HEALTH CARE FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL | 2018年 / 39卷 / 05期

关键词：

HUMAN-PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; BURDEN; WOMEN;

D O I：

10.1080/07399332.2018.1424169

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

Despite the availability of cervical cancer screening tools, including those that are appropriate for low resource settings, the rates of preventive cervical cancer screening remain extremely low among women in LMICS. Nurse-led education interventions have been proven to be effective at increasing participation in healthcare recommendations. However, there is a need to determine nurses' knowledge of cervical cancer and cervical cancer prevention in order to develop effective health education interventions. Our goal was to assess Ghanaian nurses' knowledge of cervical cancer and cervical cancer prevention. Interviews and small focus groups were conducted with 42 nurses at two hospitals in Ghana. Awareness of cervical cancer was very high among the nurses. However, the majority of the participants held negative perceptions about cervical cancer and lacked knowledge about cervical cancer risk factors and prevention. The results can be used to inform the development of culturally-relevant cervical cancer education interventions targeted towards women and healthcare providers in LMICs.

引用

页码：584 / 594

页数：11

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