The lack of interest from the public and health workers, such as nurses to carry out a pap test, is one of the triggers of cervical cancer cases. The purpose of this study was to identify the implementation of pap tests and barriers of nurses in Bandung, West Java. This study used a cross-sectional descriptive study design with a sample of 286 married nurses. Data collection was conducted durin…
Introduction: Worldwide, cervical cancer is the fifth most common cause of death caused by cancer following other types of cancer (Parkin, Louie & Clifford, 2008). In Malaysia, cervical cancer is the third most common cancer among women and the fourth most prevalent cause of death (Parkin et al., 2010; Ministry of Health, Malaysia, MOH, 2006). Many studies indicated that knowledge of cervical c…