West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), APOCP's West Asia Chapter. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 1513-7368 11 1 2010 01 01 Cervical Cancer Awareness and Preventive Behaviour among Female University Students in South Africa 127 130 25130 EN Journal Article 1970 01 01 <br/><b>Objectives</b>: The objectives of this descriptive cross-sectional study were to assess the awareness about cervicalcancer and preventive behaviour of female first year Mangosuthu University of Technology students. <br/><b>Methods</b>:A total of 205 students were selected by stratified random sampling techniques. <br/><b>Results</b>: 40% of the studentswere currently sexually active and among them 28% reported having two or more sexual partners. A third(33%) of the participants heard about cervical cancer. Among them a third (32%) and over a quarter (26%)knew about the HPV virus and multiple sexual partners, respectively, as risk factors for cervical cancer.Participants were twice more likely to use condoms if they heard about cervical cancer (OR = 2.47, p = 0.003).Only 31% participants had heard about the Pap smear test, and among them a third (33%) knew that Papsmear is used for detection or prevention of cervical cancer. <br/><b>Conclusion</b>: University management shouldconcentrate on developing policies on health education and promotion particularly targeting preventable healthconditions to prevent transmission of the HPV virus. https://journal.waocp.org/article_25130_a47c78af772cfba4ed9ed8f434d82460.pdf