Perception and Practice of Cervical Cancer Screening Services and the Role B Social Workers in Facilitating Screening Uptake in Enugu State, Nigeria

OBJECTIVE: We examined the perception and practice of cervical cancer screening among women in Enugu State, Nigeria. METHODS: We employed mixed methods and conveniently sampled women aged >15 years. The quantitative data were subjected to chi-square and regression analysis while the qualitative d...

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Autores principales: Ngwu, Christopher N, Iwuagwu, Anthony O, Ebimgbo, Samuel O, Igboeli, Emeka E, Eyang, Brian O, Ogar, Legbel E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention 2022
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9727343/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35901331
http://dx.doi.org/10.31557/APJCP.2022.23.7.2271
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author Ngwu, Christopher N
Iwuagwu, Anthony O
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Igboeli, Emeka E
Eyang, Brian O
Ogar, Legbel E
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description OBJECTIVE: We examined the perception and practice of cervical cancer screening among women in Enugu State, Nigeria. METHODS: We employed mixed methods and conveniently sampled women aged >15 years. The quantitative data were subjected to chi-square and regression analysis while the qualitative data were analyzed using thematic analysis. RESULTS: The study findings show that over 57% of the respondents have a positive perception of cervical cancer screening while over 80% revealed that they practice cervical cancer screening. Factors such as education, income, and residence are significant in predicting the practice of cervical cancer screening. CONCLUSION: Therefore, social work strategies to leverage these modifiable predictors in facilitating cervical screening uptake are recommended.
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spelling pubmed-97273432022-12-09 Perception and Practice of Cervical Cancer Screening Services and the Role B Social Workers in Facilitating Screening Uptake in Enugu State, Nigeria Ngwu, Christopher N Iwuagwu, Anthony O Ebimgbo, Samuel O Igboeli, Emeka E Eyang, Brian O Ogar, Legbel E Asian Pac J Cancer Prev Research Article OBJECTIVE: We examined the perception and practice of cervical cancer screening among women in Enugu State, Nigeria. METHODS: We employed mixed methods and conveniently sampled women aged >15 years. The quantitative data were subjected to chi-square and regression analysis while the qualitative data were analyzed using thematic analysis. RESULTS: The study findings show that over 57% of the respondents have a positive perception of cervical cancer screening while over 80% revealed that they practice cervical cancer screening. Factors such as education, income, and residence are significant in predicting the practice of cervical cancer screening. CONCLUSION: Therefore, social work strategies to leverage these modifiable predictors in facilitating cervical screening uptake are recommended. West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention 2022-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9727343/ /pubmed/35901331 http://dx.doi.org/10.31557/APJCP.2022.23.7.2271 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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title Perception and Practice of Cervical Cancer Screening Services and the Role B Social Workers in Facilitating Screening Uptake in Enugu State, Nigeria
title_full Perception and Practice of Cervical Cancer Screening Services and the Role B Social Workers in Facilitating Screening Uptake in Enugu State, Nigeria
title_fullStr Perception and Practice of Cervical Cancer Screening Services and the Role B Social Workers in Facilitating Screening Uptake in Enugu State, Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Perception and Practice of Cervical Cancer Screening Services and the Role B Social Workers in Facilitating Screening Uptake in Enugu State, Nigeria
title_short Perception and Practice of Cervical Cancer Screening Services and the Role B Social Workers in Facilitating Screening Uptake in Enugu State, Nigeria
title_sort perception and practice of cervical cancer screening services and the role b social workers in facilitating screening uptake in enugu state, nigeria
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9727343/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35901331
http://dx.doi.org/10.31557/APJCP.2022.23.7.2271
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