TY - JOUR
T1 - Knowledge and awareness of cervical cancer and human papillomavirus among female students in an Ethiopian University:
T2 - A cross-sectional study
AU - Bhagavathula, AkshayaSrikanth
AU - Tesfaye, ZelalemTilahun
AU - Gebreyohannes, Eyob Alemayehu
AU - Tegegn, HenokGetachew
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Cervical cancer is causing a huge burden in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It mainly affects women in their young ages making female university students at risk of cervical cancer. Knowledge and awareness about cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (HPV) in SSA including Ethiopia is very poor. We aimed to assess the knowledge and awareness of cervical cancer and HPV in University of Gondar (UOG) medicine and health science female students.A cross-sectional study was done.
AB - Cervical cancer is causing a huge burden in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It mainly affects women in their young ages making female university students at risk of cervical cancer. Knowledge and awareness about cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (HPV) in SSA including Ethiopia is very poor. We aimed to assess the knowledge and awareness of cervical cancer and HPV in University of Gondar (UOG) medicine and health science female students.A cross-sectional study was done.
U2 - 10.4103/ijpvm.ijpvm_181_17
DO - 10.4103/ijpvm.ijpvm_181_17
M3 - Article
VL - 10
SP - 198
JO - International Journal of Preventive Medicine
JF - International Journal of Preventive Medicine
SN - 2008-7802
IS - 1
ER -
