Knowledge and Awareness of Cervical Cancer among HIV-Infected Women in Ethiopia

Table 2

Awareness and knowledge of cervical cancer among HIV-infected women involved in the study, Ethiopia, August to September 2012.

Variable	Number	%
Ever heard about cervical cancer
Yes	308	71.3
No	124	28.7
Total	432	100
Source of information for cervical cancer ()
Health facility	176	57.3
Media	70	22.8
Friends	29	9.4
Relatives	33	10.7
The primary cause of cervical cancer ()
I don’t know/cause unknown	151	49.0
Infection by a germ/virus	122	39.6
God’s punishment	16	5.2
Other (related and non-related risk factors)	19	6.2
Women potentially at risk of developing cervical cancer ()
Women who have ever had sex are at risk	47	15.3
All women are at risk	108	35.1
Women with poor hygiene	84	27.3
I don’t know	69	22.4
Is cervical cancer a sexually transmitted illness? ()
Yes	194	63
No	24	7.8
I don’t know	90	29.2
Who is most at risk for cervical cancer? ()
Women infected with HIV	169	54.9
Women with multiple sexual partners	102	33.1
Women exposed to repeated STIs	61	19.8
Women who have sex before 18 years of age	42	13.6
Women who bear too many children	45	14.6
A wife of a man who had multiple sexual partners	45	14.6
Women who had a mother or sister with cervical cancer	11	3.6
Don’t know	81	26.3
Do you consider yourself at risk for cervical cancer? ()
Yes	155	50.3
No	133	43.2
I don’t know	20	6.5

Percent exceeds 100% as multiple answers are possible.