Cervical cancer awareness and risk factors among women residing in an urban slum in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria

IF 0.8 4区医学 Q3 MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL

African Health Sciences Pub Date : 2023-10-11 DOI:10.4314/ahs.v23i3.33

Tope Olubodun, Oluwatoyin O Ogundele, Zainab A Salisu, Yetunde O Odusolu, Ugonnaya U Caleb-Ugwuowo

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Background: Poor awareness of cervical cancer and high prevalence of its risk factors may be responsible for the large burdenof cervical cancer in low-income countries. This study assessed awareness of cervical cancer and prevalence of risk factorsamong women residing in a slum in Lagos, Nigeria. Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study carried out amongst 305 women of reproductive age (15-49 years) inIdi-Araba, a slum in Urban Lagos. Data were collected using interviewer administered questionnaires. Analysis was done withSPSS 20 software. Results: Mean age of respondents was 33.5(9.0) years. Only 12.8% of the respondents had heard of cervical cancer. Ninety-fivepercent of respondents were sexually active and 56.2% had more than one lifetime sexual partner. Close to half (47.3%) ofrespondents had their first sexual intercourse before the age of 20. One in five (22.2%) had 5 or more children. Half of therespondents (54.8%) had had abnormal vaginal discharge. Conclusion: Awareness of cervical cancer among the women was poor and prevalence of risk factors of cervical cancer washigh. Campaigns aimed at increasing awareness of cervical cancer, and screening should be carried out by governmental andcharitable organizations for women residing in slums. Keywords: Cervical cancer; awareness; risk factors; slum; Nigeria.

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尼日利亚西南部拉各斯城市贫民窟妇女对子宫颈癌的认识及其危险因素

背景:对宫颈癌的认识不足和其危险因素的高流行率可能是低收入国家宫颈癌负担沉重的原因。这项研究评估了居住在尼日利亚拉各斯贫民窟的妇女对宫颈癌的认识和危险因素的流行情况。方法:这是一项描述性横断面研究，研究对象为305名育龄妇女(15-49岁)，位于拉各斯市区的indi - araba贫民窟。数据收集采用采访者管理的问卷。采用spss 20软件进行分析。结果:受访者平均年龄33.5岁(9.0岁)。只有12.8%的受访者听说过子宫颈癌。95%的受访者性生活活跃，56.2%的人一生中有一个以上的性伴侣。接近一半(47.3%)的受访者在20岁之前发生了第一次性行为。五分之一(22.2%)有5个或更多的孩子。一半的受访者(54.8%)曾有阴道分泌物异常。结论:妇女对宫颈癌的认识较差，宫颈癌危险因素的发生率较高。政府和慈善组织应为居住在贫民窟的妇女开展旨在提高对子宫颈癌认识的运动和筛查。关键词:宫颈癌;意识;风险因素;贫民窟;尼日利亚。

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African Health Sciences MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL-

CiteScore

2.30

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0.00%

发文量

179

审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： The African Health Sciences is an internationally refereed journal publishing original articles on research, clinical practice, public health, policy, planning, implementation and evaluation, in the health and related sciences relevant to Africa and the tropics. Its objectives are to: Advocate for and promote the growth of reading culture in sub Saharan Africa; Provide a high quality journal in which health and policy and other researchers and practitioners in the region can and world wide, can publish their work; Promote relevant health system research and publication in the region including alternative means of health care financing, the burden of and solution of health problems in marginalized urban and rural communities amongst the displaced and others affected by conflict; Promote research and the systematic collection and collation and publication of data on diseases and conditions of equity and influence; Promote development of evidence-based policies and guidelines for clinical, public health and other practitioners. African Health Sciences acknowledges support provided by the African Health Journals Partnership Project that is funded by the US National Institutes of Health (through the National Library of Medicine and the Fogarty International Center) and facilitated by the Council of Science Editors.