Low uptake of cervical cancer screening among HIV positive women in Gondar University referral hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: cross-sectional study design.
Abebe Dires NegaMulat Adefris WoldetsadikAbebaw Addis GelagayPublished in: BMC women's health (2018)
In this study, the uptake of cervical cancer screening was very low. Educational status, parity, length of time after diagnosis as HIV positive, and CD4 count are important predictors of cervical cancer screening. Health care workers and cervical cancer prevention and control program coordinators and implementers need to provide counseling services for all Anti-retroviral Therapy(ART) care attendants. So as to explore the root causes for the low utilization of precancerous stage of cervical Ca screening service, conducting a study on the supply side with a qualitative component is mandatory.
Keyphrases
- cervical cancer screening
- hiv positive
- antiretroviral therapy
- men who have sex with men
- healthcare
- south africa
- hiv testing
- hiv infected
- human immunodeficiency virus
- cross sectional
- primary care
- mental health
- quality improvement
- metabolic syndrome
- palliative care
- stem cells
- smoking cessation
- hepatitis c virus
- pain management
- adipose tissue
- insulin resistance
- chronic pain
- protein kinase
- adverse drug