Integration and acceptability of cervical cancer screening as part of postnatal care among women attending postnatal clinics in the Accra Metropolis, Greater Accra Region, Ghana.

ABSTRACT: Cervical cancer is a recognized preventable disease yet the fourth most common cancer among women globally. This study assessed the integration and acceptability of cervical cancer screening as part of routine sixth-week postnatal care among women attending a postnatal clinic. This was a cross-sectional descriptive study among 347 postpartum women who were attending their 6th-week postnatal visit. A Pap smear test was performed on each consenting study participant. Only conventional cervical smears were performed. The Pap smear samples were taken using a special kit (PAP-PAK Cytology brush kit) for a 3-smear sampling of the ectocervix (emphasis on the squamo-columnar junction), endocervix (endocervical canal past squamo-columnar junction) and the posterior fornix via a cervical-vaginal scr

SUBMITTER: Buadi LO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11687798 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature