ArticlePreventive medicine2018
Variation in health beliefs across different types of cervical screening non-participants.
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- Facilitators and barriers to cervical cancer screening among women living with HIV: a systematic review of qualitative studies.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Prevalence and predictors of medical information avoidance: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2025Pooled it
- The impact of age-relevant and generic infographics on knowledge, attitudes and intention to attend cervical screening: A randomized controlled trial.British journal of health psychology · 2024Trial
- Knowledge, attitudes and awareness of the human papillomavirus among health professionals in New Zealand.PloS one · 2018Trial
- Participation and Refusal in an Implementation Trial: Insights from the Accelerating Cervical Cancer Elimination through the Integration of Screen-and-Treat Services (ACCESS) Study.Research square · 2026Article
- Effect of social stressors and social determinants of health (SDOH) on cancer beliefs: Analysis of a cancer center catchment area.Journal of psychosocial oncology · 2026Article
- Mammography screening status of women aged 40 and older in eastern Iran using the precaution adoption process model (PAPM).Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of a community-based health education intervention on prostate cancer fatalism: a quasi-experimental study.The Pan African medical journal · 2024Article
- Unpacking the Lay Epidemiology of Cervical Cancer: A Focus Group Study on the Perceptions of Cervical Cancer and Its Prevention among Women Late for Screening in Norway.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Understanding of Cervical Screening Adoption among Female University Students Based on the Precaution Adoption Process Model and Health-Belief Model.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Experiences of women awaiting cervical CANCER screening results from selected hospitals in Accra, Ghana.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Explaining socioeconomic inequality in cervical cancer screening uptake in Malawi.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Psychological factors among Appalachian women with abnormal Pap results.The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association · 2022Article
- The integrated screening action model (I-SAM): A theory-based approach to inform intervention development.Preventive medicine reports · 2021Article
- Social Psychology of Coronavirus Disease 2019: Do Fatalism and Comparative Optimism Affect Attitudes and Adherence to Sanitary Protocols?Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Offering an app to book cervical screening appointments: A service evaluation.Journal of medical screening · 2020Article
- Increasing the perceived relevance of cervical screening in older women who do not plan to attend screening.Sexually transmitted infections · 2020Article
- How Do Women Interpret the NHS Information Leaflet about Cervical Cancer Screening?Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making · 2019Article
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- Two-month follow-up evaluation of a cancer awareness training workshop ("Talk Cancer") on cancer awareness, beliefs and confidence of front-line public health staff and volunteers.Preventive medicine reports · 2019Article
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Abstract
Understanding factors associated with different types of cancer screening non-participation will help with the development of more targeted approaches for improving informed uptake. This study explored patterns of general health beliefs and behaviour, and cancer-specific beliefs across different types of cervical screening non-participants using the Precaution Adoption Process Model (PAPM). A population-representative sample of women in Britain completed a home-based survey in 2016. Women classified as non-participants (n = 839) completed additional questions about health beliefs. Some general health beliefs and behaviours, as well as cancer-specific beliefs, were associated with particular types of non-participation. For example, those who scored higher on fatalism were more likely to be unaware of screening (OR = 1.74, 95%CI: 1.45-2.08) or unengaged with screening (OR = 1.57, CI: 1.11-2.21). Women with greater deliberative risk perceptions were less likely to be unengaged with screening (OR = 0.74 CI: 02.55-0.99) and less likely to have decided against screening (OR = 0.71, CI: 0.59-0.86). Women who had seen a general practitioner in the last 12 months were less likely to be unaware (OR = 0.49, CI: 0.35-0.69), and those reporting cancer information avoidance were more likely to be unengaged with screening (OR = 2.25, CI: 1.15-4.39). Not wanting to know whether one has cancer was the only factor associated with all types of non-participation. Interventions to raise awareness of screening should include messages that address fatalistic and negative beliefs about cancer. Interventions for women who have decided not to be screened could usefully include messages to ensure the risk of cervical cancer and the relevance and benefits of screening are well communicated.
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