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Descriptive statistics, frequency, mean, and percentage were computed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The study included 716 female participants with a mean age of 27.6\u2009+\u20098.7 years. 580 (81.0%) and 229 (32.0%) had heard about cervical cancer and Pap test, respectively. cervical cancer was assumed related to alcohol consumption 109 (15.2%), giving birth to many children 51 (7.1%), ageing 118 (16.5%), and having many sexual partners 335 (46.8%). In addition, 300 (41.9%) attributed cervical cancer to having human papillomavirus infection, 256 (35.6%) to the prolonged use of contraceptives, and 162 (22.6%) to smoking. Knowledge about the best time to be vaccinated against human papillomavirus, 110 (15.4%) stated it is better after marriage. Regression models to predict the effectors on participants\u2019 knowledge and attitudes showed a low standard deviation of the estimates with higher values of the adjusted R\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      [R: 0.041, 0.017, and 0.006; std: 1.527, 0.417, and 0.426]. This indicates the combined influence of occupation, educational level, family income, and marital status on the participant\u2019s knowledge and attitude levels.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study revealed that the participant\u2019s knowledge and attitudes levels are mainly driven by their occupation, educational level, family income, and marital status altogether. This underscores the need for a countrywide community engagement campaign through health education and raising awareness sessions, and massive social media to sensitize the community and healthcare providers about the risk of cervical cancer and the available prevention and control measures.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/17455057231166286","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,18]],"date-time":"2023-04-18T05:50:35Z","timestamp":1681797035000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Knowledge and attitudes towards cervical cancer prevention among women in Khartoum state, Sudan"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"19","author":[{"given":"Emmanuel Edwar","family":"Siddig","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Mycetoma Research Center, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan"},{"name":"Faculty of Medicine, Nile University, Khartoum, Sudan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ayman","family":"Ahmed","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Sudanese National Academy of Sciences, Khartoum, Sudan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Eiman Siddig","family":"Ahmed","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Mycetoma Research Center, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mona Ali","family":"Mohammed","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Parasitology and Entomology, Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Nile University, Khartoum, Sudan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ezzan","family":"Kunna","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Public Health Programme, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sarah M","family":"El-Sadig","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yousif","family":"Ali","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Health Emergencies and Epidemics Control General Directorate, Sudan Federal Ministry of Health, Khartoum, Sudan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1410-6941","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rana Alamin","family":"Hassan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Histopathology and Cytology, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Eman Taha","family":"Ali","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Histopathology and Cytology, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan"},{"name":"Department of Molecular Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea"},{"name":"Language Institute, Sunchon National University, Suncheon, South Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6843-3361","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nouh Saad","family":"Mohamed","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Molecular Biology Unit, Sirius Training and Research Centre, Khartoum, Sudan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-17455057231166286","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4103\/jfmpc.jfmpc_143_19"},{"issue":"3","key":"bibr2-17455057231166286","first-page":"122","volume":"3","author":"Varughese J","year":"2010","journal-title":"Rev Obstet Gynecol"},{"key":"bibr3-17455057231166286","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/10732748221076680"},{"key":"bibr4-17455057231166286","first-page":"43","volume-title":"Cancer in Africa","author":"Daoud E","year":"1968"},{"key":"bibr5-17455057231166286","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/1750-9378-7-17"},{"key":"bibr6-17455057231166286","first-page":"183","volume":"6","author":"Husain N","year":"2011","journal-title":"Sudan J Med Sci"},{"key":"bibr7-17455057231166286","unstructured":"Ali ET, Mohamed NS, Hassan LA, et al. 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