Investigating awareness, attitude and practice of women who referred to health centers of mashhad city toward pop smear

Iranian Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Infertility

Volumn 15, Issue 36, 2013, Pages 22-28

  Abedian, Zahra ^a   Dormohamadi, Maliheh ^b  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Attitude; Knowledge; Pap smear; Practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940343761     PISSN: 16802993     EISSN: 20082363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Alam M, Mohamad-Aalizadeh S. [Knowledge, attitude and practice of home health care workers in the province Pap smear] [Article in Persian]. J Hormozgan Univ Med Sci 2006;5 (4):379-86.
2. Seth T, Kotwal A, Thakur R, Singh P, Kochupillia V. Common cancers in India: knowledge, attitudes and behavioures of urban sulm dwellers in new. Public Health 2005 Feb;119(2):87-96.
3. Center for Disease Control, Department of Non-Communicable, Cancer Management. [National register of cancer cases reported in 2004]. Tehran:Publications of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education. Center for Disease Control;2006. {in Persian].
4. Allamee T, Ahmadi A [Morbidity and mortality of genital cancers in gynecology oncology Department Isfahan University of Medical Sciences] [Article in Persian]. Iran J Obstet Gynecol Infertil 2008 Autumn-Winter;10(2):1-8.
5. Mirzakhani K, Jahani Shoorab N. [Cervical cancer screening and Pap smear] [Article in Persian]. Sokhangostar 2005:65-71.
6. Garcia F, Hatch KD, Berek JS. Intraepithelial disease of the cervix, vagina, and vulva. In: Berek JS. Berek & Novak's gynecology. 15th ed. Philadelphia:Lippincott Williams & Wilkins;2012:574-618.
7. Mutyaba T, Mmiro FA, Weidepass E. Knowledge, attitudes and practices on cervical cancer screening among the medical workers of Mulago Hospital,Uganda. BMC Med Edu 2006 Mar 1;6-13.
8. Gamarra CJ, Paz EP, Griep RH. [Knowledge, attitudes and practice related to Papanicolaou smear test among Argentina's women] [Article in Portuguese]. Rev Saude Publica 2005 Apr;39(2):270-6.
9. Alavi Gh, Hoseininejad J, Fattahi Masoom AS, Taghi Shakeri M. [Evaluation of prevalence of cervical and breast cancer screening programs between gynecologists] [Article in Persian]. Iran J Obstet Gynecol Infertil 2010 Apr-May;13(1):1-6.
10. Do HH, Taylor VM, Burke N, Yasui Y, Schwartz SM, Jackson JC. Knowledge about cervical cancer risk factors, traditional health beliefs, and Pap testing among Vietnamese American women. J Immigr Minor Health 2006 Apr;9(2):109-14.
11. Abedzadeh M, Sadat Z, Saberi F. [Knowledge, atittude, and performance of women referring health care centers in Kashan towards breast cancer and its screening tests] [Article in Persian]. Feyz J 2003;7(2):85-92.
12. Bakheit, NM, Ibrahim Bu Haroon A. The knowledge, attitude, and practice of pap smear among local school teachers in the sharjeh district. Mid East J Fam Med 2004;4(4):
13. Al-Meer FM, Aseel MT, Al-Khalaf J, A-Kuwari MG, Ismail MF. Knowledge, attitude and practices regarding cervical cancer and screening among women visiting primary health care in Qatar. East Mediterr Health J 2011 Nov;17(11):855-61.
14. Soltanahmadi Z, Abbaszadeh A, Tirgari B. [A survey on the rate and causes of women's participation or nonparticipation in breast and cervical cancers screening programs] [Article in Persian]. Iran J Obstet Gynecol Infertil 2010 Aug-Sep;13(3):37-46.
15. Singh E, Seth S, Rani V, Srivastava DK. Awareness of cervical cancer screening among nursing staff in a tertiary institution of rural India. J Gynecol Oncol 2012 Jul;23(3):141-6.
16. MacLaughlin KL, Angstman KB, Flynn PM, Schmitt JR, Weaver AL, Shuster LT. Predictors of patient comfort and adherence with less frequent cervical cancer screening. Qual Prim Care 2011;19(6):355-63.