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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"Cervical screening"”.
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Predicting and explaining uptake of cervical screening : the role of social cognitions
… to have a smear test as part of the national screening programme in the UK and actual uptake of this test. A second aim was to assess the sufficiency and efficacy of social cognition models in predicting these intentions and behaviour. Nearly 2,000 women died from cervical cancer in 1992 in …
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Client knowledge, attitudes and practices to cervical screening in Mitchell's Plain, Cape Town, South Africa
Background: Cervical cancer is a common cause of death among women in developing countries, including South Africa. In 2000, the South African National Department of Health introduced the national cervical cancer screening policy, which states that every woman is entitled to three free Papanicolaou …
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Factors affecting cervical screening of female nurses at Public Health Institution in Vhembe District, Limpopo Province
Background: Cervical cancer is the leading cause of death among women and more common in developing countries creating social and economic instability. Many of these women are diagnosed with cancer at advanced stage of disease because of lack of screening and early detection services. Purpose: The …
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Development and Implementation of a Cervical Patch Sampling Approach for Cervical Screening and the Study of HPV Transmission
HPV is the causative agent behind 99.7% of Cervical cancers and is implicated in the pathogenesis of many other tumours such as Anal and Oropharyngeal tumours. Recently some studies have called into question the suitability of the techniques used in order to sterilise frequently used, reusable …
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Promising practices used by International Medical Graduate Physicians to increase cervical screening in South Asian and Chinese immigrants in the Greater Toronto Area
Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable cancers, with Pap tests being a widely accessible form of screening throughout Canada. However, participation in cervical cancer screening is historically lower in South Asian and Chinese immigrants. Previous literature showed that the risk of being …
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Exploring effective approaches of integrating cervical screening services into the normal routine care within HIV clinics : a qualitative study in a Ugandan community health facility
Cervical cancer is the leading cause of gynecologic cancer death in sub-Saharan Africa, with HIV being a high-risk factor for its’ development. Where HIV prevalence is high, interventions can ideally be delivered through a ‘one-stop shop’ approach addressing both conditions simultaneously. Whilst …
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Clients' returning for cervical screening results : a focus group study exploring the reasons why women spontaneously return for their results at the Khayelitsha Cervical Cancer Screening Project
Cervical cancer is integrally associated with the problems of poverty in the developing world. It is the most common cancer cause of death among women in these regions. In South Africa, the lifetime risk for black African women developing this cancer is 1 in 26. Rates for white women are 1 in 80. …
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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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How socio-cultural factors affect cervical cancer screening adherence and treatment in disadvantaged communities in the greater Cape Town, South Africa.
Approximately 85% of the global cervical cancer deaths occur in women living in developing countries. In South Africa, cervical cancer is the second most common cancer amongst women, with Black South African women having the highest risk of developing cervical cancer. Previous research with the …
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Tino rangatiratanga in health policies and practises
… A kaupapa Māori analysis of the 1996 National Cervical Screening Programme’s Policy document was at the core of the policy investigation. The analysis involved developing a kaupapa Māori analysing framework and then analysing the 1996 National Cervical Screening Policy document for empirical …
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Attitudes, practices and knowledge regarding cervical cancer screening among Greek women in the area of Perth
… women in Perth, Western Australia, regarding cervical cancer screening. This is important because no study has yet examined the cervical screening pattern of this group, despite their low participation rate in screening programs. Qualitative semi-structured interviews among 15 Greek women in …
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The relative importance of barriers to cervical cancer screening in older women : A review of 140 women and their pap smear providers
Cervical cancer remains a significant cause of death in women. There is a notable age related decrease in levels of screening and women aged over 50 years with later, more invasive disease. One hundred and forty women aged between 50 and 69 years (M "'58.21 years) and 23 Pap smear providers …
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In two minds about screening: an investigation of cervical cancer prevention among Irish women
Cervical cancer is the second most common female cancer worldwide. Cervical screening programmes can reduce the incidence of cervical cancer by up to 80 percent if the invited women participate. Previous Irish research has associated screening attendance with subjective norms, anticipated regret, …
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Health ‘in queer street’: constituting sickness, sexualities and bodies in the spaces of lesbian health
… as I examine lesbian bodies in the contexts of cervical screening and dental dams. In these health promotion contexts, ‘lesbian’ bodies are brought into being, but their presence is potentially threatening. Lesbian bodies are constituted, materially and discursively, as liminal, fluid, and …
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Knowledge and Perception of Cervical Cancer and Screening Programs of Women Seeking Care at Monduli Hospital in Tanzania and St. Paul Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
… Tanzanian women's knowledge and attitude towards cervical cancer demonstrated over 75% of respondents correctly identified early marriage and multiparty, other studies demonstrated a lack of knowledge about cervical cancer screening and HPV transmission among patients and nurses. Additionally, …
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Papanicolaou (Pap) Test and Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Test Adherence: Sexual Violence Victims and Fear of Retraumatization
… faced barriers to participating in preventive cervical cancer screening, the public health community must better understand the factors that affect their decision for getting Pap and HPV tests. Public health must understand the sexual violence victims, a subgroup of women who faced the onset of …
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Variation in NHS utilisation of vault cytology post-hysterectomy
… routinely collected data, linked women’s entire cervical screening histories with their operation details and subsequent vault cytology test results, to establish: Which women are having hysterectomies? What was the indication? Which were followed-up? How did they differ from those who were not? …
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Self-assessed competence of nurses-midwives on cervical cancer screening in primary health care facilities in the cape metropole
Background: Cervical cancer ranks fourth in terms of global incidence and mortality among women, with an anticipated 604,000 new cases and 342,000 deaths reported worldwide. Cervical cancer is the second most prevalent cancer among women in South Africa, following breast cancer, and it poses a …
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A feasibility study for the reporting of cervical large loop excisions of the transformation zone (LLETZ) biopsies by consultant biomedical scientists in the UK
… histology of large loop excision biopsies of the cervical transformation zone (LLETZ) within the NHS Cervical Screening Programme (NHSCSP). Methods - 157 consecutive LLETZ specimens reported by four experienced Gynae-specialist Consultant Histopathologists at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS …
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