title: Awareness of cervical cancer among couples in a slum area of Mumbai.
abstract: To assess the awareness of cervical cancer among couples, data were collected from two urban slums community in Mumbai. A total of 1958 married women aged from 18 to 49 and their husbands were selected using simple random sampling. Women (37.7%) were significantly more aware of cervical cancer than husbands (8.7%). A slight agreement (kappa statistics=0.16) was observed between husbands and wives on awareness of cervical cancer. Significantly higher percentages of wives were aware of pap smear test than husbands. Overall, awareness of cervical cancer and pap smear test among couples is low. There is need to educate and motivate both of them to participate in cervical cancer screening program.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, (ICMR), JM Street, Parel, India. bdonta2007@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: Balaiah
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Donta
authors.forename: Shahina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Begum
authors.forename: Saritha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Naik
authors.forename: B N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Mali
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bandiwadekar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001364:Awareness; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D065006:Papanicolaou Test; D011204:Poverty Areas; D012307:Risk Factors; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D014626:Vaginal Smears / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult