Cervical cancer is a preventable disease as the different screening, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures are effective. To evaluate the effectiveness of structure teaching programme on Cervical cancer among the women.An quasi experimental study is conducted on a sample of 60 women (30 to 50 years) who are living in Venkatachalam, at Nellore selected by simple random sampling technique.Comparison of pre-test and post-test knowledge on cervical cancer among women: shows there is a significant improvement between pre and post test knowledge. The mean value in pre-test is 13.58 with a standard deviation of 3.08, the mean value in post-test is 35.76 with a standard deviation of 3.34.The structured teaching programme was found to be effective for improving knowledge among women on cervical cancer.
Key words: Cervical cancer.
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