Abstract:
Background: -Cervical cancer is one of tremendous public health problems in the world. It is the
4th most common cancer among women in the world, with an estimated 604,127 new cases and
341,831 deaths in 2020. As a result, the burden and mortality as a result of cervical cancer are
increasing in low- and middle-income countries due to the absence of well-organized cervical
cancer screening. But still there is scarce data on intention to use cervical cancer screening in the
study area.
Objective: -To assess intention to use cervical cancer screening and its associated factors among
women age 30-49 years in Woliso Town, Oromia, Ethiopia.
Methods: Community based cross-sectional study was conducted in Woliso Town from Augest
1 to 30, 2022. A total of 413 study participants from all four kebeles was included by using
systematic random sampling technique. Structured pretested questionaries were used and the data
was entered to epi data V3.1 and exported to SPSS V 20 for analysis. Discriptive data were
analyzed by using frequencey distribution. Logistic regression was used to check association and
the significance wich declared with p value < 0.05 and the association between predictable variable
and out come variable was declared by AOR with corresponding 95% confidence intervals.
Results: From a total of 413 study participants, 372(90.1%)had information about cervical cancer
screening,only19(4.6%) were previously tested for cervical cancer,199(48.2%) of respondents
perceive screening for cervical cancer would be easy and the overall intention to use cervical
cancer screening was153 (37%) (95% CI 32.2, 41.6). In multiple logistics regression the study
participants who had exposure to cervical cancer screening [AOR=5.5,CI (2.7-10.8)], having
casual sex[AOR=3.28,CI(1.56-8.6)],had history of STI[AOR=8.46,CI(3.42-11.3], perception of
cervical cancer curable if identified earliest[ AOR=21.8,CI (10.4-25.4)] were significantly
associated with women intention to use cervical cancer screening.
Conclusion and recommendation: The current study reveals that women’s intention to use
cervical cancer screening was low. So efforts better to be exerted to improve the knowledge,
attitude and perceptions of women by enhancing health education
