Abida Abudukadeer|Sumeyya Azam|Ayi Mutailipu|Qun Liu|Guibing Guo|Sayipujiamali Mijiti
Knowledge and attitude of Uyghur women in Xinjiang province of China related to the prevention and early detection of cervical cancer
First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University|Xinjiang Medical University|First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University|Xinjiang Medical University|First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University|Xinjiang Medical University|Xinjiang Medical University|First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University|Xinjiang Medical University|First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University|Xinjiang Medical University|First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University
cervical cancer one commonest causes cancerrelated deaths worldwide prevalence rate cervical cancer uyghur women xinjiang autonomous region china remarkably higher ethnic groups living region study aimed assess knowledge level attitude cervical cancer issues among uyghur women xinjiang province china crosssectional interviewbased survey 5000 uyghur women developed 2013 2014 xinjiang autonomous region assess knowledge perception cervical cancer issues collection data based questionnaire items according questionnaire items collected data 5000 participants small proportion participants heard cervical cancer human papillomavirus hpv hpv vaccine 270 130 60 respectively according demographic characteristics women aged 31 40 years aware knowledge cervical cancer 329 hpv 178 hpv vaccine 91 women undergraduate higher educational level knowledge cervical cancer 300 hpv 210 hpv vaccine 97 study concluded uyghur women need information cervical cancer risk factors lack related knowledge cervical cancer may one important factors high incidence rate cervical cancer uyghur population order reduce incidence rate mortality cervical cancer uyghur women make extensive health education raise awareness cervical cancer hpv strongly needed prophylactic vaccination