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@article{174644,
        author = {MS. RUCHIKA SHARMA and SHIVANI NEGI},
        title = {A pre-experimental study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding risk- factors and warning signs of cervical cancer among women of age group 35-55 years old in selected rural community areas of Shimla (H.P)},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {11},
        number = {11},
        pages = {282-284},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=174644},
        abstract = {Worldwide, cervical cancer is the fourth most frequent cancer in women with an estimated 604000 new cases in 2020. Of the estimated 342,000 deaths from cervical cancer in 2020, about 90% of these occur in low- and middle income countries. Women living with HIV are 6 times more likely to develop cervical cancer compared to women without HIV, and an estimated 5% of all cervical cancer cases are attributable to HIV. Moreover, in all world regions the contribution of HIV to cervical cancer falls disproportionately on younger women. 1 Self administered questionnaire was used. The study finding showed that the mean post–test knowledge score (79.60%) was higher than the pre-test knowledge score (44.90%) which were statistically significant. The p value <0.001 shows that there was a significant difference in the mean pre-test and post-test knowledge scores. Post-test result reveals that the structured teaching programme was effectivee i.e. pre-test knowledge 49(80.3%) were having moderate knowledge whereas in post-test 58 (95.1%) were having adequate knowledge..Thus structured teaching programme was effective to increase knowledge.},
        keywords = {},
        month = {March},
        }