Knowledge on risk factors of cervical cancer among women in selected community of Vazhayoor Panchayath, Malappuram
International Journal of Development Research
Knowledge on risk factors of cervical cancer among women in selected community of Vazhayoor Panchayath, Malappuram
Received 17th July, 2018; Received in revised form 29th August, 2018; Accepted 03rd September, 2018; Published online 30th October, 2018
Copyright © 2018, Jasia Mustafa et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Background: Cervical cancer is the second most common type of cancer for women worldwide. It is also one of the most preventable types of cancer. Knowledge about the risk factors of cervical cancer is helpful to prevent the cervical cancer at an early stage. The present study aimed at assessing the knowledge on risk factors of cervical cancer among women in selected community. Method: The study was conducted among 60 women. The non-experimental descriptive approach and convenient sample was chosen for the study. The data for the present study were collected using structured questionnaire. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis. Result: The results shows that 3.33% of the sample have good knowledge, 65 % of the sample have average knowledge and 31.67 % have poor knowledge on risk factors of cervical cancer. Conclusion: There is no significant association between socio demographic variables and knowledge on risk factors of cervical cancer among women in selected community.
