Cervical Cancer: Community Perception and Preventive Practices in an Urban Neighborhood of Lagos (Nigeria)

Table 3

Attitude to a cancer educational program.

Variable	Frequency (%)
Willingness to attend a cancer health education program	(𝑛=317)
Yes	268 (84.5)
No	29 (9.1)
Do not know	20 (6.3)
Reasons for willingness	(𝑛=268)
More knowledge	227 (84.7)
Better support to partner	29 (10.8)
Others	12 (4.5)
Reason(s) for unwillingness or uncertainty	(𝑛=49)
Embarrassing	4 (8.2)
Women affair	21 (42.9)
Do not know	24 (48.9)
Willingness to allow a male health worker to screen wife (male respondents only)	(𝑛=120)
Yes	94 (78.3)
No	16 (13.3)
Do not know	10 (8.3)

The majority of respondents (84.5%) were willing to attend a cervical cancer health education program for the main reason of acquiring more knowledge (84.7%), while 42.9% of those unwilling to attend felt it was a women’s affair. Over three-quarters (78.3%) of the male respondents expressed willingness to allow a male health worker screen their wives.