Knowledge of risk factors and barriers to health seeking behaviour on cervical cancer among women in micro enterprises

Olujide Adekeye, Covenant University
Emmanuel O. Amoo, Covenant University
Gbemisola Adetoro, Covenant University
Mofoluwake P. Ajayi, Covenant University
Tolulope Amusan, Covenant University
Adenike E. Idowu, Covenant University
Gbolahan Oni, Covenant University
Fadeke Olu-Owolabi, Covenant University

The demographic features of women in micro enterprises and knowledge of cervical cancer risk factors as well as barriers to health seeking behaviour of cervical cancer were assessed in a cross-sectional survey of women in micro enterprises in a semi-urban area of Ogun State, Nigeria. The data for the study were extracted from a 2015 National Survey on Breast and Cervical Cancers that targeted women of reproductive age (15-49 years). The quantitative aspect employed a cross sectional study using a structured questionnaire while the qualitative study was a community based structured-face-to-face interview among married women. Coded data have been analysed while the qualitative data are being transcribed and analyzed using systematic-content-analysis technique. The study shows that there is an appreciable knowledge of risk factors and barriers to health seeking behaviour on cervical cancer among women in micro enterprises.