- Title
- Preference For Cervical Cancer Education: A Multisite Cross-Sectional Survey of Female Senior High School Students in Ghana
- Creator
- Ampofo, Ama Gyamfua; Boyes, Allison W.; Mackenzie, Lisa J.
- Relation
- NHMRC.1073317 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1073317
- Relation
- Journal of Cancer Education Vol. 38, Issue 5, p. 1710-1718
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13187-023-02325-5
- Publisher
- Springer New York LLC
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2023
- Description
- Cervical cancer incidence continues to rise in Ghana. To enhance knowledge and prevention of cervical cancer among young people in Ghana, there is a need to better understand their education preferences. The study aimed to describe female senior school students' preferences for receiving cervical cancer education. A cross-sectional survey of students from 17 schools in the Ashanti Region of Ghana assessed the strength of preference for receiving cervical cancer education from a range of sources, settings and delivery mediums. Of the 2400 participants (aged 16-24 years), the majority endorsed doctors (87%, 95%CI: 85-88%), nurses (80%, 95%CI: 78-82%) and credible health organisations (78%, 95%CI%: 76-79%) as their preferred source of education, and hospitals 83% (95%CI: 81-84%) as the preferred setting. Nearly all students (92%) endorsed at least three cervical cancer education delivery mediums, with at least three quarters endorsing television (78%, 95%CI: 77-80%), one-on-one health consultation in-person or online (77%, 95%CI: 75-79%; 75%, 95%CI: 73-77%), and health information websites (75%, 95%CI: 73-77%). Findings suggest that cervical cancer education efforts among female senior school students in Ghana should consider the use of a range of more resource-intensive individualised approaches to low-cost anonymous, generic approaches from credible sources and institutions.
- Subject
- uterine cervical neoplasms; students; education; preferences; adolescents; Ghana; SDG 3; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1488509
- Identifier
- uon:52472
- Identifier
- ISSN:0885-8195
- Rights
- X
- Language
- eng
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