在乌干达对宫癌查和预防的认识,知识和态度
Dahye Baik1, Byung-Woo Kim1, Yejin Ha1
1Department of Cancer Control and Population Health, Graduate School of Cancer Science and Policy, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Republic of Korea.
Public health
|December 31, 2024
概括
乌干达对子宫癌和查的认识很高,但对人类乳头瘤病毒 (HPV) 和查吸收的知识仍然很低. 需要增加教育和可访问的查计划,以减少宫癌的负担.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 宫癌在乌干达是一个重大的公共卫生挑战,其特点是患病率和死亡率高.
- 通过查进行早期检测对于降低宫癌死亡率至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估乌干达中西部地区居民对宫癌及其查方法的认识,知识和态度.
- 为了确定宫癌查吸收的障碍.
主要方法:
- 通过使用结构化问卷进行面对面采访进行了横截面研究.
- 在2023年10月至11月期间,从坎帕拉市,姆巴拉拉市和姆巴拉拉区的2000名20岁及以上的参与者收集了数据.
主要成果:
- 报告了对子宫癌 (95%) 和查 (85.1%) 的高度认识.
- 人类乳头瘤病毒 (HPV) 的知识有限 (37.8%),只有18.9%的人认为它是主要的风险因素.
- 宫癌查率很低 (35%的女性),缺乏知识被认为是主要障碍 (74.1%).
- 绝大多数女性 (93.7%) 表示愿意接受查,如果有免费服务.
结论:
- 尽管人们对HPV的认识很高,但对HPV的了解很低,查率低于最佳水平,这凸显了宫癌预防工作中的差距.
- 解决知识缺陷和改善对有组织的查计划的访问是减少乌干达宫癌负担的关键.
- 增加对公众教育和宣传活动的投资对于促进查普及至关重要.
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