Abstract
e13062Background: Cervical and breast cancer are the commonest malignancy among females in India. Though there are approved screening methods available to prevent and detect these cancers early, there is lack of knowledge about cancer screening among general public as well as the health care professionals. This study aims to identify the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) among the nursing staff regarding cancer screening in these two diseases. Methods: A cross-sectional interview based survey was conducted among 303 female nursing staff working in a government medical college hospital. Verbal informed consent was sought from the study subjects. A structured pretested questionnaire regarding KAP was used to collect the data. The questions were open-ended. The data was entered into MS Excel worksheet and analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: Total of 303 nurses included in the study. The age ranged from 21 to 64 years. Median age is 38 years. Nurses who were aware of cancer screening were 24....
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