Family doctors and nurses’ knowledge levels and awareness of cervical cancer and Hpv Vaccine in an urban area in Turkey.
Abstract
Objective: Family doctors and nurses who work in primary care and whose main task is providing preventive health services are aware and knowledgeable of cervical cancer (risk factors, screening, prevention) and the HPV vaccine.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Family Health Centers (FHC) in a province in Turkey. No sample was selected. All family physicians and nurses working in all the FHCs in this province were planned to include in the study. Data were collected with a questionnaire.
Results: While 28.4% of the physicians and 35.3% of the nurses stated they had enough knowledge about cervical cancer, 37.3% of the physicians (n=50), and 33.8% of the nurses (n=46), correctly knew which age group was more prone to cervical cancer. While 64.9% of the family physicians(n=87), and 52.2% of the nurses partly agreed about their daughters’ being vaccinated against HPV, 17.9% of the physicians and 19.9% of the nurses rejected it.
Conclusion: Family physicians and nurses participating
in our study were aware of the importance of cervical cancer and HPV, but not
knowledgeable enough about risk factors, measures to be taken, findings, Pap
smear and HPV vaccination.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Clinical Sciences
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Nazmiye Acar Özbakır
This is me
0000-0002-0310-9410
Türkiye
Aysun Özşahin
*
0000-0002-5768-4146
Türkiye
Tamer Edirne
This is me
0000-0001-9683-5624
Türkiye
Publication Date
September 30, 2019
Submission Date
January 28, 2019
Acceptance Date
August 15, 2019
Published in Issue
Year 2019 Volume: 12 Number: 3
Cited By
Aile Hekimliği Asistanlarının Human Papillomavirüs Aşıları Hakkındaki Bilgi ve Tutumları
Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
https://doi.org/10.21763/tjfmpc.1363517
