Open AccessKnowledge, attitude and practice of cervical cancer screening among market women in Zaria, Nigeria
Author(s) -
S. A. Ahmed,
Kabir Sabitu,
Suleiman Idris,
Rukaiya Sa’ad Ahmed
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
nigerian medical journal/nigerian medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-774X
pISSN - 0300-1652
DOI - 10.4103/0300-1652.122337
Subject(s) - cervical cancer , medicine , cancer , gynecology , family medicine , cervical cancer screening , population , interview , obstetrics , environmental health , political science , law
Cervical cancer is the most common genital cancer and one of the leading causes of death among female population. Fortunately, this cancer is preventable by screening for premalignant lesions but this is rarely provided and hardly utilised. We assessed the knowledge, attitude and utilisation of cervical cancer screening among market women in Sabon Gari, Zaria.