THE KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF PAP SMEAR AMONG LOCAL SCHOOL TEACHERS IN THE SHARJAH DISTRICT.

In this survey it has been shown that no relation exists between the teachers' age group and their attitude towards the papanicolaou smear test, (p = 0.92) as shown in Table 7.

Table 7. The Association between women age practice towards the papanicolaou smear.

Age	Attitude toward papanicolaou smear
	Yes	%	No	%
20-40 years	102	29.14	136	38.85
41-59 years	49	14	64	18.28

The study showed clearly that most of the women who participated in the study want the pap smear test to be done in a Gynecological Clinic in the Hospital and 91% of them prefer a gynecologist to perform this test while only 3% would prefer it to be performed by a family physician, as shown in table (8 & 9).

Table 8. Shows where the studied women want to take their papanicolaou smear test.

Where to take pap smear	Total	%
PHCC	11	3.49
WWC	17	5.39
Obstetrics  and Gynecology	287	91.11

Table 9. Shows who do the study women to perform Pap smear test for them.

As for the source of information about papanicolaou smear. The Gynecologist doctor ranks first (53.55) Followed by family and friends which represent 22.7%, then newspaper, television and internet which represent 18% and family physician and nurses are ranked last with percentages of 3.6% and 2.1% respectively.

Knowledge about the risk factors associated with cervical cancer were also studied. The risk multiple partners is ranked first (50%), followed by STD risk, which represents 13% of the studied population. Early age of marriage, other factors (diet, hereditary) are ranked last with percentages of 6% and 5% respectively.