“A STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE REGARDING
CERVICAL CANCER AND ITS PREVENTIVE MEASURES
AMONG COLLEGE GIRLS”
THIS IS PROPOSAL SUBMITTED
BY
AROOBA DILSHAD
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN NURSING
Obstetric and Gynecological Nursing
Signature Signature
Annapurna Das Komal Mishra
DECLARATION BY THE CANDIDATE
I, Arooba Dilshad, declare that thesis proposal entitled - A STUDY TO ASSESS
THE KNOWLEDGE REGARDING CERVICAL CANCER AND ITS
PREVENTIVE MEASURES AMONG COLLEGE GIRLS
is my own work, will be conducted under the supervision of Ms Komal Mishra
(Supervisor) at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical University,Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow
(which is approved by Departmental Research Committee (DRC).
I further declare that to the best of my knowledge the thesis proposal does not
contain any part of any work which has been submitted for the award of any
degree either in any college or university.
Signature
Arooba Dilshad
M.Sc.Batch[2023-25]
CERTIFICATE BY SUPERVISORS
This is to certify that the thesis proposal entitled , “ A STUDY TO ASSESS
THE KNOWLEDGE REGARDING CERVICAL CANCER AND ITS
PREVENTIVE MEASURES AMONG COLLEGE GIRLS” is a bonafide and
original research proposal, which will be undertaken by Arooba Dilshad
(M.Sc. Nursing Student batch, 2024 - 2025), for partial fulfillment of the
requirement for
the award of M.Sc. Nursing [Obstetric and Gynecological Nursing] Degree at
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical University, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow.
Proposal will be submitted for the ethical approval from the University Ethics
Committee (UEC) of Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical University, Uttar Pradesh,
Lucknow and trial will be registered at CTRI for enrolling participants (if
applicable).
Signature Signature
Annapurna Das Komal Mishra
Table of Content
S.NO. TOPIC PAGE
NO.
1 INTRODUCTION 1-9
1.1 What is Cervical Cancer 1-4
1.2 Background of the Study 4-5
1.3 Need of the Study 5-6
1.4 Research Problem Statement 6-6
1.5 Objectives 6-7
1.6 Operational Definitions 7-7
1.7 Hypotheses 7-8
1.8 Delimitations 8-8
1.9 Conceptual Framework 8-9
2 LITERATUR EREVIEW 10-13
3 METHODOLOGY 14-20
3.1 Research Approach 14-14
3.2 Research Design 14-14
3.3 Research Setting 14-14
3.4 Target Population 14-14
3.5 Sampling Strategy 14-15
3.6 Variables 16-16
3.7 Data Collection Tool(s) 16-17
3.8 Ethical Considerations 17-17
3.9 Procedure for Data Collection 17-17
3.10 Data Analysis Plan 17-23
4 REFERENCES 24-24
ABBREVIATIONS
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
GA General Anesthesia
HPV Human Papillomavirus
IARC International Agency for Research on Cancer
IRB Institutional Review Board
MD Doctor of Medicine
NIH National Institutes of Health
SPSS Statistical Package for the Social Sciences
UNFPA United Nations Population Fund
WHO World Health Organization