Open AccessKnowledge and attitude of adolescent girls and their mothers regarding cervical cancer: A community-based cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Pooja Ahlawat,
Nitya Batra,
Pragya Sharma,
Shiv Kumar,
Ajay Kumar
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of mid-life health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.423
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 0976-7819
pISSN - 0976-7800
DOI - 10.4103/jmh.jmh_45_18
Subject(s) - medicine , daughter , cross sectional study , cervical cancer , population , family medicine , promiscuity , gynecology , demography , cancer , environmental health , psychology , pathology , evolutionary biology , sociology , psychoanalysis , biology
Cervical cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in India. The mother's awareness about the symptoms and risk factors has a large impact on the daughter's knowledge and attitude. Mother and adolescent daughter duos were selected as the sample as they are the target population at risk for suffering from carcinoma cervix. Mothers are the prime information providers and in an excellent position to aware their adolescent daughters about cervical cancer.