Federal government websites often end in. The site is secure. Box , Jigjiga, Ethiopia. Cervical cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related death and one of the top 20 causes of death among women in Ethiopia. Cervical cancer screening service has a vital value to reduce morbidity and mortality.
Even though cervical cancer screening service utilization in Ethiopia is unacceptably low, its determinant factors were not well studied in the study area.
Hence, this study was aimed at filling this information gap. This study aimed to identify determinants of cervical cancer screening service utilization among women attending healthcare services in Amhara region referral hospitals, Ethiopia. Hospital-based caseβcontrol study was conducted among women cases and controls from May to July Cases were included consecutively and controls were selected using a systematic random sampling technique from the randomly selected hospitals.
A pretested interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect the data from respondents. The data were entered into Epi data version 4. Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression analysis was employed. A total of cases and controls were enrolled in this study. In this study, age 30β39 and 40β49 , urban residence, secondary education, ever gave birth, good knowledge of cervical cancer screening, positive attitude towards cervical cancer screening, and having multiple sexual partners were significant determinants of cervical cancer screening service utilization.
There is a need to strengthen the policy and health education on safe sexual practices and healthy lifestyles through information dissemination and communication to scale up screening service utilization. It is caused by human papillomavirus HPV infection, which is transmitted through sexual intercourse and infects the areas around the cervix, anus, mouth, and throat [ 2 ]. At the early-stage cervical cancer may be manifested with watery, blood-tinged vaginal discharge.
