Department of Community Medicine, Subharti Medical College, Meerut
Online published on 24 April, 2013.
Cervical cancer has a major impact on woman's lives worldwide and one in every five women suffering from cervical cancer belongs to India.
1) To study the magnitude of reproductive tract illness among the women 2) To assess awareness about symptoms, risk factors causes, treatment, prevention and knowledge of screening Pap smear and HPV Vaccine of Cervical Cancer among the female.
A total of 464 women attending at UHTC Multan nagar Meerut for reproductive tract morbidity, Out of them, 325 females patients of age group > 15, who had at least one complaint regarding reproductive tract morbidity and to know the awareness regarding cervical cancer were selected for the study.
In this study, women were suffering various reproductive illness and knowledge about symptoms, causes, risk factors, treatment and prevention of cervical cancer was poor among the women.
There is a need to sensitize women through awareness campaigns to undergo cervical screening at regular intervals.
UHTC Approach, Periurban Females, Reproductive Tract Illness, Cervical Cancer
