DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2016.v04i10.052

Pages: 3815-3821

The estimated rate of screening of the cervical cancer is very low in India, but the load of the patients is high. Various studies had shown that the nurses were very important in educating the common public and play an essential role in the enlightenment of the community regarding the need and availability of Pap smear. It is important therefore to understand the practices and perceptions of nurses and women’s about cervical cancer. The study was done among the women’s visiting to the gynaecology department with some complaint and the nursing staff of the SMBT medical college, Dhamangaon, Ghoti, Nasik. The study was consisted of 178 women’s and 43 nursing staff and the study was done over a period of six months. The study was done using 14 questionnaires and all the data was collected, tabulated and statistical analysis was done with the help of IBM SPSS statistics version 20 using student’s t test. On comparison of the knowledge and awareness (KA) scores of the women’s visiting to the gynaecology department and the nursing staff, it was found that the nursing staff (9.72 ± 1.86) was having more awareness as compared to common women (8.04 ± 1.89) and the difference was found to be statistically significant. Nurses’ knowledge and awareness plays an important role in cervical cancer screening and the utility of screening. Thus, it will ultimately help in improving the health of the community in future.