Cervical cancer screening knowledge and associated factors among Eswatini women: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Over recent years, cervical cancer incidence and related mortality have steadily increased in Eswatini. Low cervical cancer screening uptake partly explains the situation. Cervical cancer screening-related knowledge is positively associated with screening uptake.

Non-adherence to cervical cancer screening recommendations among women in Eswatini: a cross-sectional study.

Background: In 2018, Eswatini had the world's highest age-standardised cervical cancer incidence rate. Cervical cancer screening reduces women's risk of invasive cervical cancer. Data on adherence to cervical cancer screening recommendations in Eswatini are scarce.

Cervical Cancer Screening Promotion in Eswatini: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Community Health Workers' Perceived Barriers.

Background: This study examined community health workers' perceived barriers to discussing cervical cancer screening with women eligible for screening and explored factors associated with endorsing a greater number of barriers. Additional exploratory analyses assessed factors associated with endorsing a specific barrier.

Methods: A telephone survey of 172 community health workers was conducted between July and August 2021.

Trends in cervical cancer screening research in sub-Saharan Africa: A bibliometric analysis of publications from 2001 to 2020.

Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest incidence of cervical cancer globally. However, compared to developed countries, the region has lower uptake of cervical cancer screening. Research contribution and progress in the field of cervical cancer in the region has not been well investigated.

Cervical cancer screening-related knowledge among community health workers in Eswatini: a cross-sectional survey.

Eswatini has the highest age-standardized incidence and second highest mortality rate related to cervical cancer globally. In Eswatini, community health workers educate communities about cervical cancer screening. They need to have accurate knowledge about cervical cancer and screening to do this effectively.

Improving knowledge, attitudes, and uptake of cervical cancer prevention among female students: A systematic review and meta-analysis of school-based health education.

Objective: Schools are an ideal environment for promoting cervical cancer prevention among young women. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to examine: 1) the effectiveness of school-based education for improving i) knowledge and perceptions of cervical cancer, HPV infection and vaccination, and cervical cancer screening; ii) attitudes and intentions toward, and uptake of HPV vaccination and cervical cancer screening among female students; and 2) the methodological quality of studies testing school-based cervical cancer education.

Methods: Medline, EMBASE, CENTRAL, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Web of Science, and ERIC literature databases were searched from inception to November 2020.

Knowledge about epilepsy and factors associated with attitudes toward marrying, employing, and driving people with epilepsy: A cross-sectional survey of Asokore Mampong community dwellers in Ghana.

Background: Due to lack of information and illiteracy, epilepsy remains a stigmatized disease in sub-Saharan Africa.

Objectives: The main aim of the study was to determine, among community dwellers in Asokore Mampong Municipality (Ghana): (i) the knowledge on risk factors, signs and symptoms, management of epilepsy, and (ii) factors associated with attitudes toward marrying, employing, or driving people with epilepsy (PWE).

Methods: A cross-sectional study of 100 randomly selected individuals aged 18 years and older in Asokore Mampong Municipality was conducted in February 2019.

The impact of pill counting on resource-limited health facilities: a thematic qualitative analysis in eSwatini.

Research on health systems in resource-limited settings has garnered considerable attention, but the dispensing of individual prescriptions has not been thoroughly explored as a specific bottleneck to effective delivery of care. The rise of human immunodeficiency virus/tuberculosis prevalence and non-communicable diseases in the Kingdom of eSwatini has introduced significant pressures on health facilities to meet patient demands for lifelong medications. Because automated pill counting methods are impracticable and expensive, most prescriptions are made by means of manually counting individual prescriptions using a plastic dish and spatula.

Comparison of traditional methods versus SAFEcount for filling prescriptions: A pilot study of an innovative pill counting solution in eSwatini.

Background: Packaging medications is a crucial component of health system efficiency and quality. In developing countries, medications often arrive in bulk containers that need to be counted by hand. Traditional counting is time-consuming, inaccurate and tedious.