Health-facility factors influencing cervical cancer screening uptake among women Aged 25-35 years at Mukono General Hospital. A cross-sectional study.
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Family planning clinic, Cervical cancer screening, Mukono General HospitalAbstract
Background: Worldwide, uptake of cervical cancer screening is higher in developed countries as compared to developing countries. The aim of the study is to assess the health-facility factors influencing cervical cancer screening uptake among women aged 25-35 years.
Methodology: A cross-sectional study carried out among women of reproductive age between 25-35 years attending the family planning clinic at Mukono hospital, Mukono district.
Results: The major health facility factors influencing cervical cancer screening uptake were lacking enough health workers, provision of inadequate information and distance of the facility from the respondent’s home. 15/30(50%) rated services offered to them as being fair while a small number 4/30(13.3%) said services were good. All respondents 30/30(100%) indicated that the hospital lacked enough health workers to attend to them. Most 14/30(46.7%) of the respondents said staff shortages meant that health workers delayed attending to mothers. Concerning actions of health workers which affect uptake of cervical cancer screening, half of the respondents 15/30(50%) mentioned provision of inadequate information while a few respondents 3/30(10%) said failure to spend enough time with women. All respondents (100%) reported that health workers did not conduct outreaches to sensitize women about cervical cancer screening.
Conclusion: Staff shortages were also a major factor affecting uptake of cervical cancer screening among women. It was also found that health facilities were not easily accessible for most rural women resulting into low utilization of free cervical cancer screening services in Government health facilities.
Recommendation: The Government should set up more facilities which offer cervical cancer screening so as to increase accessibility and recruit more health workers to sensitize women on the benefits of undergoing cervical cancer screening regularly.
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