Knowledge Regarding the Prevention of Cervical Cancer of Adolescent Girls at Rajshahi Division

Abstract

Introduction: The second most frequent Cancer in women in the world, cervical Cancer, is a major public health issue. Consequently, more than 270,000 women die each year from cervical Cancer, with more than 85% of these deaths occurring in countries with a low or middle income. Objective: The descriptive cross-sectional type of descriptive study was carried out on knowledge regarding on Prevention of cervical Cancer among adolescent girls. Research Methods: This type of research is a cross-sectional descriptive study performed to assess the knowledge regarding the Prevention of cervical Cancer among adolescent girls in the Joypurhat govt. Girl's high school in Joypurhat Sadar. The study was carried out From January 2018 to December 2019. Results: A total Number of (N=100) students were selected for the study the age of whom was, the age of the respondents ranged from 14-17 years of age. The majority of respondents are 15 years 61%, 14 years 24%, 16 years 13%, and 17 years only 2%. Among the total number of respondents, 94 (94%) indicated that they were Muslim, 4(4%) were Hindu, and only 2(2%) were Christian. There was no any Buddhist found in my study. The majority of the respondent's father’s occupations from the sample, 51% are business, 40% are Govt. employee, 5% are farmer, 1% is retired, and 3% are dead. The majority of the respondent's mother's Education from the sample is 30% completed primary level, 26% completed Secondary School Certificate (S.S.C),17% are preparatory, and 8% are B. Sc,14% are capable of reading and writing, and only 4% are illiterates found the study. Among the total number of respondents, Mother Occupations, 95% were Housewife, 4% were Govt. employees, and 1% was other workers. All of the students are heard of the term cervical Cancer. This indicates that many of the respondents know about Cervical Cancer. They had knowledge regarding on prevention of Cervical Cancer. Conclusion: A study found that adolescent girls may be more aware .....