Biopsychosocial risk factors and knowledge of cervical cancer among young women: A case study from Kenya to inform HPV prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa

Background: Cervical cancer is the second most common female reproductive cancer after breast cancer with 84% of the cases in developing countries. A high uptake of human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination and screening, and early diagnosis leads to a reduction of incidence and mortality rates. Yet...

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Main Authors: Ngune, Irene, Kalembo, Fatch, Loessl, Barbara, Kivuti-Bitok, Lucy
Format: Journal Article
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80720