TY - JOUR
T1 - A qualitative study of cervical cancer and cervical cancer screening awareness among nurses in Ghana
AU - Williams, Michelle S.
AU - Kenu, Ernest
AU - Dzubey, Isaac
AU - Dennis-Antwi, Jemima A.
AU - Fontaine, Kevin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2018/5/4
Y1 - 2018/5/4
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1080/07399332.2018.1424169
DO - 10.1080/07399332.2018.1424169
M3 - Article
C2 - 29334011
AN - SCOPUS:85041631316
SN - 0739-9332
VL - 39
SP - 584
EP - 594
JO - Health Care for Women International
JF - Health Care for Women International
IS - 5
ER -
