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UPTAKE OF CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING SERVICES AMONG FEMALE MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS IN OGUN STATE, SOUTH-WEST NIGERIA.

Authors: JAGUN Omodele

Publication Type: Journal article

Journal: Annals Of Health Research

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Background: There is an increasing awareness of cancer screening services in the general population, but the
uptake of the services varies.
Objective: To determine the uptake of cervical cancer screening services among female medical doctors as
service providers.
Methods: This was a questionnaire-based, cross-sectional, descriptive study of female doctors practising in
Ogun State, Nigeria. The questionnaires were self-administered, and convenience sampling method was used.
Results: A total of 85 female doctors were surveyed. A little over half of the respondents (57.6%) reported routine
medical checks and 54.2% of the respondents had a check up in the last two years. Seventy percent of the
respondents who had a routine medical check-up and screening for cervical cancer were within the age range 31-
50 years, and there were significant relationships between age and routine medical check-up and screening for
cervical cancer (p values =0.014 and 0.005 respectively. Thirty-three of the respondents (39.8%) had ever been
screened for cervical cancer while only 30.1% of the respondents had been screened for cervical cancer in the last
three years. The majority of the respondents (59.8%) did not approve of making cervical cancer screening a
condition for social benefits.
Conclusion: Female medical doctors had a low uptake rate for cervical cancer screening services. The low
uptake may adversely affect the cervical cancer screening campaigns targeted at the general population.
Mandatory cervical cancer screening, as a prerequisite for social benefit, may improve the uptake rates for the
screening services.

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JAGUN,O. . (2016). UPTAKE OF CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING SERVICES AMONG FEMALE MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS IN OGUN STATE, SOUTH-WEST NIGERIA., 2 (), 79-79.

JAGUN,O. . "UPTAKE OF CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING SERVICES AMONG FEMALE MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS IN OGUN STATE, SOUTH-WEST NIGERIA." 2, no (), (2016): 79-79.

JAGUN,O. and . (2016). UPTAKE OF CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING SERVICES AMONG FEMALE MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS IN OGUN STATE, SOUTH-WEST NIGERIA., 2 (), pp79-79.

JAGUNO, . UPTAKE OF CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING SERVICES AMONG FEMALE MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS IN OGUN STATE, SOUTH-WEST NIGERIA.. 2016, 2 ():79-79.

JAGUN,Omodele , . "UPTAKE OF CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING SERVICES AMONG FEMALE MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS IN OGUN STATE, SOUTH-WEST NIGERIA.", 2 . (2016) : 79-79.

J.Omodele , "UPTAKE OF CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING SERVICES AMONG FEMALE MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS IN OGUN STATE, SOUTH-WEST NIGERIA." vol.2, no., pp. 79-79, 2016.

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