THE ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDEANDINTENTION TO USE CERVICAL CANCER SCREENINGANDITSCOLLERATES AMONG ARMY WOMENINETHIOPIA

Background: Cervical cancer is a global public health problem & it is the 4 th leading causecancermorbidity and mortality. Almost 70% of the global burden failed in developing counties. InEthiopiacervical cancer is the 2 nd leading cause of cancer mortality. Cervical cancer screeningis effectiveprevention method can avert >80% morbidity and mortality. However, globally a billionof womenmissed this opportunity. Poor utilization of cervical cancer screening was the prominent problemindeveloping countries. In Ethiopia cervical cancer screening coverage was 0.6%. Lowlevel of knowledge,negative attitude and low intention towards cervical cancer screening were among many obstaclesthathider the successfulness of cervical cancer screening on which this study aimed. Objectives: This study were measure level of knowledge, determine attitude, assess intentiontousecervical cancer screening and identify correlates of intention among army women of Ethiopia. Methods: A cross sectional study design was used to assess knowledge, attitude, intentiontowardscervical cancer screening and its correlates among army women of Ethiopia on April, 2016. Twentyoneposts were included in this study. Single population proportion formula was used to determinethesample size & a total of 423 samples were taken. Simple random sampling technique was usedtoselectstudy participants