Lay knowledge of cervical cancer in Manhiça district, Mozambique: a qualitative study.

Yara Alonso MenendezOlga CambacoCarolina MindúHoticha NhantumboTitos UamusseGraça MatsinheBenigna MatsinheRosa Marlene ManjateAzucena BardajíClara MenendezEsperança SeveneKhatia Munguambe

Published in: Reproductive health (2020)

Lay perceptions of cervical cancer do, to a large extent, align with biomedical ones, thus, there is common ground to frame future health interventions from a sexual and reproductive health standpoint. Some misperceptions were identified which could be reduced through social behaviour change communication initiatives.

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