Acceptability of Cervical Cancer Screening in Rural Mozambique

Autor/inn/en	Audet, Carolyn M.; Matos, Carla Silva; Blevins, Meridith; Cardoso, Aventina; Moon, Troy D.; Sidat, Mohsin
Titel	Acceptability of Cervical Cancer Screening in Rural Mozambique
Quelle	In: Health Education Research, 27 (2012) 3, S.544-551 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0268-1153
DOI	10.1093/her/cys008
Schlagwörter	Females; Screening Tests; Cancer; Gynecology; Inspection; Rural Areas; Foreign Countries; Clinics; Interviews; Feedback (Response); Evaluation Methods; Correlation; At Risk Persons; Sex; Beliefs; Behavior; Adult Education; Health Education; Mozambique + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Screening-Verfahren; Carcinoma; Karzinom; Krebs (med); Krebserkrankung; Gynäkologie; Prüfverfahren; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Ausland; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Korrelation; Risikogruppe; Geschlecht; Geschlechtsverkehr; Belief; Glaube; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Mosambik
Abstract	In Zambezia province, Mozambique, cervical cancer (CC) screening was introduced to rural communities in 2010. Our study sought to determine whether women would accept screening via pelvic examination and visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) at two clinical sites near the onset of a new CC screening program. A cross-sectional descriptive study of 101 women was undertaken in two rural communities in north-central Mozambique. We assessed a woman's willingness to be screened, knowledge about CC symptoms and treatment, and her recommendations for best methods to deliver information to other women. After the interview, we offered CC screening. Fully 86% of women accepted VIA screening when it was offered, but uptake was 100% at one clinic and only 68% at another. The cause of CC was thought to be associated with promiscuous activity (49%) and curses placed on the woman (42%). All women in one rural Mozambique clinic and two-thirds at a second clinic underwent CC screening. Knowledge about CC screening was significantly associated with uptake, suggesting educational campaigns need to be undertaken. However, educators need to be cautious about linking screening with high-risk behaviors, as women who understood the link trended toward refusing screening. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10