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Knowledge, attitude and practice among midwives and community nurses on cervical cancer in the state of Kedah in 1997

A cross sectional study was conducted on the knowledge, attitude and practice among midwives and community nurses on cervical cancer in the health service in the state of Kedah in January 1997. A universal sampling method was used and a total of 281 of people responded to the study. Data was collect...

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Main Authors: Aishah Ahmad Makinuddin,, Osman Ali,
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Published: Department Of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2006
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spelling my-ukm.journal.45372016-12-14T06:36:18Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4537/ Knowledge, attitude and practice among midwives and community nurses on cervical cancer in the state of Kedah in 1997 Aishah Ahmad Makinuddin, Osman Ali, A cross sectional study was conducted on the knowledge, attitude and practice among midwives and community nurses on cervical cancer in the health service in the state of Kedah in January 1997. A universal sampling method was used and a total of 281 of people responded to the study. Data was collected by using self administered questionaires. The result of this study showed that a satisfactory dissemination of infon11ation on cervical cancer acquired from radio, tv , newspaper and staff nurses were associated with high level of knowledge on cervical cancer. A clear job description in cervical cancer prevention programmes and the age of respondents were associated with good attitude towards the programmes. There were 208 respondents (74.0010) who had Pap smear done. Among the reasons for not doing Pap smear were not married (25.8%), embarrassed (25.8%), did not have any symptoms (19.4%) and worried about the possible Pap smear result (14.5%). Those who were married, 79.0% of them had Pap smear done. There was a weak (r =0.250) but significant correlation between the score of knowledge and attitude towards cervical cancer preventive programmes (p<0.001). Duration of working with the Ministry of Health and satisfactory dissemination of information acquired from staff nurses were the predicting factor for carrying out Pap r\ smear. In conclusion, the above findings may be useful to increased the level of ~ knowledge and to change attitude and practice towards cervical cancer prevention programmes among midwives and community nurses in the state of Kedah. Department Of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2006 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4537/1/Vol12%281%29-Aishah.pdf Aishah Ahmad Makinuddin, and Osman Ali, (2006) Knowledge, attitude and practice among midwives and community nurses on cervical cancer in the state of Kedah in 1997. Jurnal Kesihatan Masyarakat, 12 (1). ISSN 1675-1663 http://www.communityhealthjournal.org/detailarticle.asp?id=170&issue=Vol12(1):2006
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description A cross sectional study was conducted on the knowledge, attitude and practice among midwives and community nurses on cervical cancer in the health service in the state of Kedah in January 1997. A universal sampling method was used and a total of 281 of people responded to the study. Data was collected by using self administered questionaires. The result of this study showed that a satisfactory dissemination of infon11ation on cervical cancer acquired from radio, tv , newspaper and staff nurses were associated with high level of knowledge on cervical cancer. A clear job description in cervical cancer prevention programmes and the age of respondents were associated with good attitude towards the programmes. There were 208 respondents (74.0010) who had Pap smear done. Among the reasons for not doing Pap smear were not married (25.8%), embarrassed (25.8%), did not have any symptoms (19.4%) and worried about the possible Pap smear result (14.5%). Those who were married, 79.0% of them had Pap smear done. There was a weak (r =0.250) but significant correlation between the score of knowledge and attitude towards cervical cancer preventive programmes (p<0.001). Duration of working with the Ministry of Health and satisfactory dissemination of information acquired from staff nurses were the predicting factor for carrying out Pap r\ smear. In conclusion, the above findings may be useful to increased the level of ~ knowledge and to change attitude and practice towards cervical cancer prevention programmes among midwives and community nurses in the state of Kedah.
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author Aishah Ahmad Makinuddin,
Osman Ali,
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Osman Ali,
Knowledge, attitude and practice among midwives and community nurses on cervical cancer in the state of Kedah in 1997
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Osman Ali,
author_sort Aishah Ahmad Makinuddin,
title Knowledge, attitude and practice among midwives and community nurses on cervical cancer in the state of Kedah in 1997
title_short Knowledge, attitude and practice among midwives and community nurses on cervical cancer in the state of Kedah in 1997
title_full Knowledge, attitude and practice among midwives and community nurses on cervical cancer in the state of Kedah in 1997
title_fullStr Knowledge, attitude and practice among midwives and community nurses on cervical cancer in the state of Kedah in 1997
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge, attitude and practice among midwives and community nurses on cervical cancer in the state of Kedah in 1997
title_sort knowledge, attitude and practice among midwives and community nurses on cervical cancer in the state of kedah in 1997
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