Impact of Literacy Status on the Cervical Cancer Screening in Rural Women of India_Crimson publishers

Impact of Literacy Status on the Cervical Cancer Screening in Rural Women of India by Misra JS in Investigations in Gynecology Research & Women’s Health

Background: Illiteracy is very high in women of rural India and awareness regarding cervical cancer and its risk factors is almost negligible. Rural cervical cancer screening was attempted through camp approach to find out relationship between literacy and compliance rate for Pap smear and pre disposing factors to cervical carcinogenesis.
Methods: From 135 camps, 4279 women were registered organized during rural screening program in Lucknow West, India between May 2013 to March 2017 under the auspecies of Era's Medical College, Lucknow.
Results: Only 4279 (31.2%) of the 13500 women counseled and motivated attended the camp and 2369 (55.5%) had Pap smear. Only 37.2% women were found literate and remaining 62.8% illiterate. The SIL rate was almost identical in both groups and also Candida albicans but trichomonan infection was higher in illiterate women. Majority of literate women from younger sexually active women with low parity whiled the illiterate women were mostly from the older age group beyond 40 years with multiparty.
Conclusion: Literacy rate is very low in the rural women. Proper counseling may create awareness for early detection of cervical cancer and also may improve the personal genital hygiene among rural women.

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