Nooreen Adnan, Farah Azhar, Syeda Rubaba Azim
Exploring perceptions of pre-clerkship students about workplace learning in the clinical learning environment at Gulf Medical University, UAE
BMC medical education
health literacy crucial adherence medical interventions therapeutics prevention diagnosis basis literacy knowledge accomplish goals elimination cervical cancer one prevalent preventable cancers must understand determinants nonadherence address specifically ensure patients active participation determine womens knowledge regarding manifestations cervical cancer prevention conducted crosssectional study urban population northern portugal women aged 18 30 years randomly assigned answer cervical cancer awareness measure questionnaire including questions knowledge causes symptoms cervical cancer prospecting individual socialrelated determinants total number participants 270 mean age 247 years knowledge symptoms scored 54 26 maximum 12 points knowledge causes scored 57 19 maximum 11 points correlation 0334 high education high socioeconomic status selfperception ones capacity recognize symptoms knowledge hpv vaccine associated better knowledge portuguese women present low knowledge cervical cancer potentially affecting health exposure risk situations nonadherence routine screening