Improving cervical cancer screening attendance in Finland

2014 ◽  
Vol 136 (6) ◽  
pp. E677-E684 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anni Virtanen ◽  
Ahti Anttila ◽  
Tapio Luostarinen ◽  
Nea Malila ◽  
Pekka Nieminen
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Cervical Cancer Screening ◽  
Screening Attendance

scholarly journals Poor Cervical Cancer Screening Attendance and False Negatives. A Call for Organized Screening

PLoS ONE ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. e0161403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Castillo ◽  
Aurora Astudillo ◽  
Omar Clavero ◽  
Julio Velasco ◽  
Raquel Ibáñez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Cervical Cancer Screening ◽  
False Negatives ◽  
Screening Attendance

scholarly journals Lifestyle and health-related predictors of cervical cancer screening attendance in a Swiss population-based study

2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 870-876 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aline Richard ◽  
Sabine Rohrmann ◽  
Seraina M. Schmid ◽  
Brigitte Frey Tirri ◽  
Dorothy J. Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Cervical Cancer Screening ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Population Based Study ◽  
Swiss Population ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Screening Attendance

Cervical-cancer screening: Attendance and cost-effectiveness

1990 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 410-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc A. Koopmanschap ◽  
Gerrit J. van Oortmarssen ◽  
Heleen M. A. van Agt ◽  
Marjolein van Ballegooijen ◽  
J. Dik F. Habbema ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Cervical Cancer Screening ◽  
Screening Attendance

scholarly journals Breast and cervical cancer screening attendance among Czech women

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-95
Author(s):  
Anna Altová ◽  
Ivana Kulhánová ◽  
Lukáš Brůha ◽  
Michala Lustigová
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Cervical Cancer Screening ◽  
Breast And Cervical Cancer ◽  
Screening Attendance

scholarly journals PCN471 ATTITUDE TOWARDS CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING ATTENDANCE AND NON-ATTENDANCE AMONG ROMANY AND NON-ROMANY WOMEN

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. S528
Author(s):  
A. Pakai ◽  
V. Péter ◽  
Z. Kívés ◽  
R. Vajda ◽  
T. Csákvári ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Cervical Cancer Screening ◽  
Screening Attendance

scholarly journals Competing needs: a qualitative study of cervical cancer screening attendance among HPV-positive women in Tanzania

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. e024011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ditte Søndergaard Linde ◽  
Vibeke Rasch ◽  
Julius D Mwaiselage ◽  
Tine M Gammeltoft
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Cervical Cancer Screening ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Potential Benefit ◽  
Health Provider ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Screening Attendance

ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to understand causes of attendance and non-attendance to a follow-up cervical cancer screening among human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive women.DesignSemistructured, individual interviews with HPV-positive women and cervical cancer screening nurses. The interview guide and initial data analysis were guided by existing health behaviour theories. However, as the theories limited the potential of the data material, a grounded theory framework guided the final data analysis.SettingInterviews were conducted in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, at Ocean Road Cancer Institute (ORCI) or in the homes of screening clients.Participants15 interviews were conducted with women who had tested HPV-positive during a patient-initiated screening and been appointed for a follow-up screening 14 months later. Nine women had not attended the follow-up appointment, four had delayed attendance and two had attended on the scheduled date. Further, individual interviews were conducted with the two nurses working at ORCI’s screening clinic.ResultsPerceived benefits for attending a patient-initiated screening include treatment of gynaecological symptoms and prevention of disease. The key perceived benefit of a health provider-initiated follow-up screening is prevention, which is challenged by the circumstance that it is seen by women as having merely potential benefit and therefore can be postponed when competing needs are present. Perceived challenges for screening attendance include emotional costs, in the form of fear of the disease, fear of the gynaecological examination as well as direct and indirect economic costs, such as transportation costs, lost income and waiting time.ConclusionCervical cancer screening is one among many tasks that women living in a low-income setting must attend to. Since health provider-initiated follow-up screening is seen as having only potential benefit, attendance can be postponed when competing needs exist.Trial registration numberNCT02509702.

scholarly journals Perspectives of non-attenders for cervical cancer screening in Norway: a qualitative focus group study

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. e029505 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gunvor Aasbø ◽  
Kari Nyheim Solbrække ◽  
Jo Waller ◽  
Ameli Tropé ◽  
Mari Nygård ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Cervical Cancer Screening ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Personal Initiative ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Screening Attendance

ObjectiveThe attendance rate for cervical cancer screening in Norway is currently suboptimal at 69%, and an in-depth understanding of postponement of cervical cancer screening from the perspective of non-attenders is lacking. This study aims to generate knowledge about how non-attenders for cervical cancer screening reflect on booking a screening appointment.MethodsUsing the Norwegian cervical cancer screening registry, we identified and recruited women who were non-attenders to screening. Nine focus group interviews were carried out, with 41 women participating in the interviews.ResultsFour main themes were generated, which provide a comprehensive understanding of how women who are overdue for screening reflect on their hesitancy to book a screening appointment: ‘It’s easy to forget about it’, ‘Women have to arrange their own appointment’, ‘It has to be a ‘must’’ and ‘It’s a humiliating situation’.ConclusionThe degree to which women regard screening as important is affected by the nudging strategies employed in the screening programme and the facilitation of attendance provided by healthcare services. Dependence on one’s personal initiative to schedule a screening appointment and perception of a lack of responsibility on the part of healthcare services to attend screening may undermine informed and shared decision-making about screening attendance.

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