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Improving cervical cancer screening in the HPV era
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Cervical cancer screening: public health implications for Hong Kong
This thesis examines issues related to cervical cancer epidemiology and prevention through screening, with the aim of informing policy regarding setting up an organised cervical screening programme in Hong Kong. There are five studies described here. The first, a case control study, indicated that …
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Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening: A Quality Improvement Project
Background: Breast and cervical cancers continue to have a significant impact on the lives of many women. Cancer screenings are crucial for early detection and treatment; however, the lack of cancer screenings have been associated with many factors related to patient adherence. Communication built …
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Second-Generation Thai American Women's Perceptions on Cervical Cancer Screening
<p>Background: Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable diseases in the United States (US) (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015a). Despite advances in early detection and a vaccine available, it continues to affect Southeast Asian American (SEAA) women in high numbers. Multiple …
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Perceptions and behaviors of cervical cancer screening in refugee women
BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer is one of the most common forms of gynecologic cancers both in the United States and worldwide. The morbidity and mortality associated with cervical cancer has decreased significantly with the development of effective screening for cervical cancer.1 However, refugee …
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Facilitators and Barriers to Cervical Cancer Screening Among African American Women
… American (AA) women are at greater risk for cervical cancer incidence and mortality compared to white women, primarily due to lack of screening and follow up. Up to 90% of cervical cancers are caused by persistent Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infections and the National Institute for Health …
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An Analysis of the Efficacy of Cervical Cancer Screening in Elderly Women
… a consensus on whether Papanicolaou (Pap) smear screening tests should be administered to women aged 65 years and older. Our case-control study utilized 2,778 incident cervical cancer cases from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) program registries that were diagnosed between …
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Design and development of a speculum-free digital cervical cancer screening device
Introduction Cervical cancer poses a significant global health challenge, particularly in low- and middle income countries (LMICs), where the disease remains a leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women. Despite the success of cytology-based screening programs in developed nations, …
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Development of a training programme to enhance cervical cancer screening in Limpopo Province
… to develop a training programme to strengthen cervical cancer screening programme in Limpopo Province. The population of the study were health care professional’s age between 35-60 years both gender. A mixed-method sequential design was used in this study. The study was conducted in three …
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The Development Of An Intervention To Increase Cervical Cancer Screening Among Guatemalan Women
… American women experience higher rates of cervical cancer, mainly due to lower rates of participation in cervical cancer screening. This study used community-based participatory research to create and implement a tailored lay health worker (LHW) outreach program to increase cervical cancer …
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Cultural beliefs influencing cervical cancer screening among women in a community healthcare centre
Cultural beliefs influencing the uptake of cervical cancer screening among women in a community healthcare centre. 1.1 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND Globally cervical cancer was found to be the fourth most common cancer among women in 2012. There were an estimated 528,000 new cases and approximately …
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Increasing cervical cancer screening in a rural population through a multifaceted educational intervention
The purpose of this quality improvement (QI) project was to design and implement a multicomponent evidence-based educational intervention for the patients and providers in a rural health clinic in Mid-Michigan with the goal of increasing the proportion of CCS performed and increasing the amount of …
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Automated analysis of digital medical images in cervical cancer screening: A systematic review
Background Cervical cancer is the second highest cause of mortalities in women living in resource-constrained countries compared to those living in high income countries, due to lack of organized population screening. Cervical cancer screening is the best way to detect lesions and remove them …
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Exploring cervical cancer screening behaviour : an interpretive description of Aboriginal women's experiences
Background: In Canada, the prevalence of cervical cancer in Aboriginal women continues to increase with a significantly higher mortality rate than women of non-Aboriginal ancestry. Despite that invasive cervical cancer is highly preventable with regular cervical cancer screening, participation in …
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding cervical cancer screening among women attending Tshilidzini Hospital, Limpopo Province
Cervical cancer countinues to be a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, particularly in the developing world, due to a lack of effective population screening. Although cervical cancer screening is an effective method for the reduction of the incidence and mortality of the malignancy, the …
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Intervention Strategy to Promote Utilization of Cervical Cancer Screening Services at Vhembe District, South Africa
Cervical cancer may be preventable when screening services which detect cancerous cells at an early stage are utilized. Utilization of cervical cancer screening services, taking of Pap smear in particular, is effective if done systematically, that is, yearly or every ten years depending on whether …
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Development of a data warehouse to support the evaluation of a cervical cancer screening program
… (DW) in order to support the management of the cervical cancer screening program in the municipality of Rio de Janeiro/Brazil. As a part of the management process, the program managers of the municipality perform tedious manual work in order to calculate a series of test-based and woman-based …
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Randomized Trial for a Mobile Health Approach to Increase Uptake of Cervical Cancer Screening in Tanzania
… Largely due to low availability and uptake of screening in low- and middle-income countries, cervical cancer is the second ranked cancer among women in these countries. This is a tragedy because cervical cancer is one of the most preventable carcinomas. This thesis will investigate behaviour …
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