Abstract / Summary
Abstract Background Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in females worldwide. Despite the high burden of new cases and deaths, there is a scarcity of data on knowledge, attitude and practices towards cervical cancer screening among female healthcare professionals in Ethiopia. Methods A facility based cross-sectional study was conducted among 420 study participants. A simple random sampling technique was used. Data were entered into Epi data version 4.6 and exported into SPSS version 26 for analysis. Binary logistic regression was used to analyzed the data. In bi-variate analysis, those variables with p-value < 0.25 were recruited for multivariate analysis and variables with a p-value < 0.05 were considered statically significance. Results The magnitude of having good knowledge, positive attitude and practice towards cervical cancer screening was 79.2%, 57.8% and 26.5% respectively. Getting training [AOR = 2.37, 95% CI: 1.19, 4.72] and history of condom use [AOR = 2.24, 95% CI: 1.29, 3.90] were significantly associated with good knowledge. Use of oral contraceptives [AOR = 2.09, 95% CI: 1.25, 3.50], getting training [AOR = 1.80, 95% CI: 1.10, 2.92] and parity [AOR = 2.81, 95% CI: 1.00, 7.85] were statistically significant with positive attitude. Besides, age [AOR = 0.48, 95% CI: 0.24, 0.96] and not having history of casual sex [AOR = 0.40, 95% CI: 0.20, 0.80] were significantly associated with practice. Conclusion In this study, the magnitude of having good knowledge was high. But, the magnitude of positive attitude and practice towards cervical cancer screening was low. Getting training and history of condom use were positively associated with good knowledge. Use of oral contraceptives, training and parity were positively associated with positive attitude. In addition, age and not having history of casual sex were negatively associated with practice.