Umar Musa
Assessment of availability of visual inspection with acetic –acid (VIA) requirements for cervical cancer screening in secondary health care institutions of Kaduna State, Nigeria
Musa, Umar; Balarabe, Fatima; Chado, Mohammed Alfa; Ladan, Muhammad Awwal
Authors
Fatima Balarabe
Mohammed Alfa Chado
Muhammad Awwal Ladan
Abstract
The study determined the availability of visual inspection with acetic-acid requirements for cervical cancer screening in secondary health care institutions of Kaduna state. A cross-sectional descriptive survey was used for the study. The study population comprises all nurses, midwives, and nurse-midwives working in all the secondary healthcare institutions of the state. The sample size used for the study was 300 using the Yamane sample size selection formula. The technique involved was stratified sampling method whereby the three existing senatorial zones served as strata. Each of the stratum was clustered according to the existing local government areas. A purposive sampling was further used to select nine local governments, three from each senatorial zone that have secondary health care institutions. A proportionate sampling was used to distribute questionnaire copies to the health workers. The instrument used for data collection was a questionnaire which has been modified to four point likert scale. Three hundred (300) questionnaire copies were administered out of which (297) were retrieved. The data collected was analyzed using one way analysis of variance (ANOVA) at 0.05 level of confidence to answer the hypotheses. A post-hoc scheffe test was further used to determine were th differences are. Findings from the study shows that VIA requirements are not available in the secondary health care institutions for cervical cancer screening with an aggregate mean score of (2.1458). There is a significant difference among the secondary health care institutions in the availability of VIA requirements to screen for cervical cancer in Kaduna state where (P<0.05). It is therefore recommended that the hospital management board should make provision of VIA requirements so that they can be available in the institutions for VIA screening services.
Citation
Musa, U., Balarabe, F., Chado, M. A., & Ladan, M. A. (2014). Assessment of availability of visual inspection with acetic –acid (VIA) requirements for cervical cancer screening in secondary health care institutions of Kaduna State, Nigeria. https://doi.org/10.9790/0853-131125762
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Oct 1, 2014 |
Publication Date | Nov 1, 2014 |
Deposit Date | May 9, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | May 9, 2017 |
Journal | IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences |
Electronic ISSN | 2279-0853 |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 13 |
Issue | 11 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.9790/0853-131125762 |
Keywords | Availability, Visual inspection, Acetic- acid, requirements, Secondary healthcare institutions |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/737316 |
Publisher URL | http://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jdms/papers/Vol13-issue11/Version-2/K0131125762.pdf |
Related Public URLs | http://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jdms/pages/13(11)Version-2.html |
Contract Date | May 9, 2017 |
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