SynthesisPloS one2013
Interventions to increase the uptake of mammography amongst low income women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Publication and related biases in health services research: a systematic review of empirical evidence.BMC medical research methodology · 2020Pooled it
- Use of programme theory to understand the differential effects of interventions across socio-economic groups in systematic reviews-a systematic methodology review.Systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Understanding the effects of socioeconomic status along the breast cancer continuum in Australian women: a systematic review of evidence.International journal for equity in health · 2017Pooled it
- The effect of promotional health message framing on the perceived benefit of mammography: evidence from estimation of willingness to pay.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Trial
- Text-Based Intervention Increases Mammography Uptake at an Urban Safety-Net Hospital.Annals of surgical oncology · 2022Trial
- The Efficacy of Direct Mail, Patient Navigation, and Incentives for Increasing Mammography and Colonoscopy in the Medicaid Population: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2018Trial
- Interventions to Improve Breast Screening Uptake for Black African Women in High Income Countries: A Systematic Review.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Review
- Article
- Revisiting the Effects of Organized Mammography Programs on Inequalities in Breast Screening Uptake: A Multilevel Analysis of Nationwide Data From 1997 to 2017.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Tendency to Breast Cancer Screening Among Rural Women in Southern Iran: A Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) Analysis of Theory of Planned Behavior.Breast cancer : basic and clinical research · 2022Article
- Change in mammography screening attendance after removing the out-of-pocket fee: a population-based study in Sweden (2014-2018).Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2021Article
- Modelling tool to support decision-making in the NHS Health Check programme: workshops, systematic review and co-production with users.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2021Article
- Interventions to Support International Migrant Women's Reproductive Health in Western-Receiving Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Health equity · 2021Review
- The Effect of Educational Intervention Based on the Theory of Planned Behavior on Mammography Screening in Iranian Women.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2020Article
- Access to health care for older people with intellectual disability: a modelling study to explore the cost-effectiveness of health checks.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Health Damaged Context: Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening from Viewpoint of Iranian Health VolunteersAsian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2018Article
- Change in Breast Cancer Screening Knowledge is Associated With Change in Mammogram Intention in Mexican-Origin Women After an Educational Intervention.Breast cancer : basic and clinical research · 2018Article
- Perceptions of One's Neighborhood and Mammogram Use among a Sample of Low-Income Women at Risk for Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Sexually Transmitted Infections.Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's HealthArticle
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Abstract
backgroundTwo previous reviews found that access-enhancing interventions were effective in increasing mammography uptake amongst low-income women. The purpose of this study was to estimate the magnitude of the effect of interventions used to increase uptake of mammography amongst low-income women.
methodsSearches were conducted in MEDLINE and EMBASE (2002-April 2012) using relevant MeSH terms and keywords. Randomised controlled trials which aimed to increase mammography use in an asymptomatic low-income population and which had as an outcome receipt of a mammogram, were eligible for inclusion. The primary outcome was the post-intervention difference in the proportion of women who had a mammogram in the intervention and control groups. The quality of the studies was assessed using the Cochrane risk of bias tool. We calculated summary estimates using random effects meta-analyses. Possible reasons for heterogeneity were investigated using sub-group analyses and meta-regression. Publication bias was assessed using Egger's test.
resultsTwenty-one studies met the inclusion criteria, including 33 comparisons. Interventions increased the uptake of mammography in low income women by an additional 8.9% (95% CI 7.3 to 10.4%) compared to the control group. There was some evidence that interventions with multiple strategies were more effective than those with single strategies (p = 0.03). There was some suggestion of publication bias. The quality of the included studies was often unclear. Omitting those with high risk of bias has little effect on the results.
conclusionsInterventions can increase mammography uptake among low-income women, multiple interventions being the most effective strategy. Given the robustness of the results to sensitivity analyses, the results are likely to be reliable. The generalisability of the results beyond the US is unclear.
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