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Womenś Informed Awareness of Cervical Cancer Prevention
GAŠPÁRKOVÁ, Věra
The purpose of my thesis was to determine the level of women's awareness of cervical cancer prevention, because cervical cancer is a serious disease affecting women of all age categories. As the occurrence of the disease is relatively high nowadays and there is no organized screening for cervical cancer in our country, it is useful to survey the awareness of women of preventive examinations available, as well as the possibility of vaccination against the HPV infection. The survey was conducted by the quantitative research method. Data were collected by the anonymous questionnaire technique. The questionnaires were addressed to women of all age categories in different places of the South Bohemian region. A total of 160 questionnaires had been handed out, 95 % of which came back filled in. Some of them could not be taken into account due to inaccurate data, so the final number of relevant responses was 148 (100%). The data were gathered in October, November and December 2008. In the thesis I stated six objectives and six hypotheses referring to women's awareness of cervical cancer prevention, vaccination and their attendance in preventive examinations. All the goals were met and the research was to confirm or reject the hypotheses stated. The first hypothesis presumed that young teenage girls under 18 are not informed of preventive gynaecological examinations. The evaluation of questionnaires of that age group did not confirm the hypothesis. All the other hypotheses were confirmed, and so good awareness of women was identified. It is advisable to provide education on cervical cancer prevention in practice. Midwives can inform women in hospitals, consulting rooms and other health care facilities. To spread useful information, special brochures and leaflets as well as other sources such as the Internet can be used and special lectures can be organized. The results of my research can be published in specialist magazines. The purpose of cervical cancer prevention is an early detection, treatment and consequently mortality rate reduction in women with this diagnosis. But every woman is fully responsible for her own health and she is the one to care most.
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