A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE REGARDING PREVENTION OF CERVICAL CANCER AMONG ASHA’s WORKER IN SELECTED CHC, KANPUR”

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Cervical cancer starts in the cervix, which is the lower, narrowS part of the uterus. Cervical cancer begins when healthy cells on the surface of the cervix change or get infected with human papilloma virus (HPV) and grow out of control, forming a mass called a tumor. Long-term infection of HPV on the cervix can result in cancer, leading to a mass or tumor on the cervix. A tumor can be cancerous or benign. A cancerous tumor is malignant, meaning it can spread to other parts of the body. Therefore the study titled a descriptive study to assess the knowledge regarding prevention of cervical cancer among asha’s workers in selected chc, kanpur”. A quantitative research approach and descriptive research design was used to research setting was in selected CHC Kanpur (Chaubepur Kanpur UP) Total 50 ASHA’s and selected with purposive sampling technique. Written consent was taken from ASHA’s who were selected as sample. Self structured knowledge questionnaire containing 30 questions was used to evaluate the knowledge of ASHAs regarding prevention of cervical cancer. Results depicted that means knowledge score of ASHA’s in CHC was 12.62 ± 2.24. This means score was statistically significant at P<0.05 level. Hence it was inferred that ASHA’s had average knowledge regarding prevention of cervical cancer.

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