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It was distributed to Project Medishare for Haiti health care workers (n = 27) in the Central Plateau. The majority (22\/27) of participants stated pre-cancerous cells could be detected through screening, however,  only four had ever performed a pap smear. All of the participants felt a screening program should be started in their area. Our data establishes that knowledge is fairly lacking among healthcare workers and there is an opportunity to train them in simple, cost effective \u201cscreen-and-treat\u201d programs that could have a great impact on the overall health of  the population.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph111111541","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,11,10]],"date-time":"2014-11-10T12:23:05Z","timestamp":1415622185000},"page":"11541-11552","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":40,"title":["Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Regarding Cervical Cancer and Screening among Haitian Health Care Workers"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Leilah","family":"Zahedi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Emory University, 69 Jesse Hill Junior Drive South East, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Emma","family":"Sizemore","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Rd. 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