[Epidemiologic and clinical approaches in the prevention of carcinoma of the uterine cervix].

The current state of the epidemiology and the clinical results of UCC in our surroundings is not satisfactory and is irregular according to different parts of Yugoslavia. In the purpose of attaining a better view of the state in our surroundings, 1957 sexually mature females were polled in the territory of Novi Sad during 1987-1988 (1000 were unemployed and 957 employed) thus we will use parts of this poll in the areas which are of interest for the problems studied. According to our survey, most of the women were unadequately and unsufficiently informed about the causes of uterine cervix diseases, therefore little attention is given to the early start of sexual intercourse (1.7-2.7%), the changing of several sexual partners in a lifetime (5.5-9.8%), hygiene of male sexual organs (1.6-18.7%), and the role of abortions was overestimated (11.5-14.7%) with a considerable number of uncertain responses (22.4-2.6%). Almost 50% of the polled women do not know any possibilities for the individual prevention of UCC risk factors. Most of the women in both of the categories polled (66.0-46.6%) express the opinion that the necessary knowledge should be acquired in these areas through regular education which should be conducted at a suitable age, and there are less of those which think that this knowledge should be acquired through other sources of information (women's magazines or means for public informing and so on).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)