Cervical cancer is a malignant neoplasm arising from cells originating in
the cervix. One of the most common symptoms of cervical cancer is abnormal vaginal
bleeding, but in some cases there may be no obvious symptoms until the cancer has
progressed to an advanced. Among all malignant tumours, cervical cancer is the one which
can be most effectively controlled by organized screening programmers. The aim of the
present study is to examine women’s awareness of cervical cancer, to investigate women’s
perception of screening programmers , Finally To determine factors influencing utilization of
services. This is a descriptive and cross sectional study was conducted in Zawia teaching
hospital from August to September 2015 with total of 200 respondents. With selfadministered questionnaire was used to obtained information on the socio-demographic
characteristics of the respondents, knowledge, perception about cervical cancer screening, as
well as barriers against screening services. Fifty-three point five percent (107) of the women
were aged 30-39 years and 63 (31.5%) were aged 40-49 years. Ten percent (20) of the
respondents were aged 50 years and above. This means that the majority of the respondents
were still within the reproductive age group 90% of the respondents were heard of cervical
cancer and 51% heard of cervical cancer screening programmed. 91 (45.5%) and 88 (44%) of
staff heard about cervical cancer from a physician and TV/Radio, respectively. While 89
(44.5%) and 56 (28%) of staff heard about cervical cancer screening from TV/Radio and
physician, respectively.
Key words: Knowledge, attitude, barriers, cervical cancer, screening , Libya