Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Regarding Cervical Cancer and Screening among Haitian Health Care Workers
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Survey Results
3.1.1. Knowledge
Demographic | Total (N) |
---|---|
Age | |
≤30 | 8 |
>31 | 11 |
Gender | |
Female | 19 |
Male | 1 |
Ethnic Group | |
Haitian | 21 |
Other | - |
Primary Language | |
Creole | 19 |
French | 2 |
English | 1 |
Primary Job | |
Medical Student | 1 |
Nurse | 4 |
OBGYN Physician | 1 |
Other | 15 |
Length of Time at Current Job | |
<1 year | 5 |
1–4 years | 9 |
5–10 years | 4 |
>10 years | 3 |
3.1.2. Attitudes
3.1.3. Practices
3.2. Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Files
Supplementary File 1Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Zahedi, L.; Sizemore, E.; Malcolm, S.; Grossniklaus, E.; Nwosu, O. Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Regarding Cervical Cancer and Screening among Haitian Health Care Workers. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2014, 11, 11541-11552. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph111111541
Zahedi L, Sizemore E, Malcolm S, Grossniklaus E, Nwosu O. Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Regarding Cervical Cancer and Screening among Haitian Health Care Workers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2014; 11(11):11541-11552. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph111111541
Chicago/Turabian StyleZahedi, Leilah, Emma Sizemore, Stuart Malcolm, Emily Grossniklaus, and Oguchi Nwosu. 2014. "Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Regarding Cervical Cancer and Screening among Haitian Health Care Workers" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 11, no. 11: 11541-11552. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph111111541