Azzani, Meram and Ba-Alawi, Eshrak and Atroosh, Wahib Mohammed Mohsin and Yadav, Hematram (2023) Awareness of cervical cancer and its associated socio-demographic factors among Yemeni immigrant women in Malaysia. BMC Womens Health, 23 (1). ISSN 1472-6874, DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-023-02172-y.
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BackgroundStudies have revealed that a higher proportion of women affected by cervical cancer are from some minority groups of immigrant women. Hence, this study was conducted to assess Yemeni immigrant women's awareness of cervical cancer and its associated socio-demographic factors.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted among 370 Yemeni women in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Data on the awareness of symptoms/signs, risk factors, and screening programme were collected using Cervical Cancer Awareness Measurement (Cervical CAM) questionnaire.ResultsMore than 74% of the study participants were unable to recall any warning symptoms/signs, and 73% were unable to recall any risk factors. The factors associated with the awareness of symptoms and risk factors were age (95% CI 4.22-5.22, p = 0.039), marital status (95% CI 4.05-7.87, p = 0.021), employment (95% CI 3.89-5.77, p = 0.046) and the number of children (95% CI 5.33-6.54, p = 0.041).ConclusionThe findings underline the need for public awareness campaigns to improve public awareness of cancer symptoms and risk factors among underserved communities.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Cervical cancer; Socio-demographic factors; Immigrant women; Malaysia |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RG Gynecology and obstetrics |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Parasitology Deparment |
| Depositing User: | Ms Zaharah Ramly |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Jun 2023 07:07 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Jun 2023 07:07 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/38810 |
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