Awareness and Practice Of Cervical Cancer Screening Among Female Workers In Uwani General Hospital Enugu: In Enugu Education Zone, Enugu State Of Nigeria
Keywords:
Awareness Creation, Actionable Barriers, Screening Services, Organizational Support, Preventive Care, Hospital Management, Public Health Authorities, Community Health WorkersAbstract
This study is investigated the level of awareness and practice of cervical cancer screening among female workers in Uwani general hospital. A sample size of 20 adult was drawn from a total population of 180 female workers using Krejcie & Morgan power analysis. Proportionate sampling technique was used to get the sample size for each department. Data was collected using a researcher-developed questionnaire which was face and content validated and has a Chrombach’s Alpha reliability value of 0.85. Data collated were subjected to descriptive statistics of frequency and percentages and inferential statistics of Chi-square to test the association between variables. Major findings revealed that, 98(66.2%) have heard about cervical cancer, practice of cervical cancer screening is poor; only 28(18.9%) have been screened for cervical cancer.
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