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Factors influencing the uptake of cervical cancer screening services in Tanzania: A health system perspective from national and district levels.
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- Health system barriers and facilitators influencing the uptake of cervical cancer screening among women in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-synthesis.BMC health services research · 2026Pooled it
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- Knowledge and Prevalence of Cervical Cancer Screening Among Women Receiving Prenatal Care in Accra, Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health services insights · 2025Article
- Female sex workers and cervical cancer screening in Kilimanjaro region: Uptake and Behavioural Determinants in Health Belief Model Perspectives: A community-based cross-sectional study.BMJ public health · 2025Article
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- Exploring Recent Trends in Cervical Cancer Screening Uptake in Tanzania.The East African health research journal · 2025Article
- Prevalence and trends of cervical cancer screening among women in Fiji from 2014 to 2018.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Cervical cancer screening among women with comorbidities: evidence from the 2022 Tanzania demographic and health survey.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Barriers and facilitators to implementation of the Ethiopian national cancer control plan strategies: Implications for cervical cancer services in Ethiopia.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
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- Cervical cancer screening utilization and its predictors among women in bench Sheko Zone, Southwest Ethiopia: using health belief model.BMC cancer · 2023Article
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Abstract
Aim: This study aimed at examining factors influencing uptake of cervical cancer screening services among women in Tanzania. Design: Exploratory qualitative study. Methods: In-depth interviews were used to obtain information from 10 key Informants. Of these, three were officials (policy makers) from the Reproductive Health-Cancer Unit of Ministry of Health and Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children (MoHCDGEC), three were health managers working at Kinondoni Municipal health system reproductive and child health section and four were health workers from the Ocean Road Cancer Institute (ORCI). The study participants were purposively selected since they hold the responsibility of planning, coordinating and implementing the Tanzania cervical cancer prevention strategies at different levels of health system. The qualitative data analysis was done manually using thematic analysis. Results: The national health system factors influencing the early uptake of cervical cancer screening services include poor flow of information from national to lower level and inadequate availability of tools and instruments and shortage of skilled and competent staff. The district level health systems factors influencing uptake of cervical cancer screening services include inadequate number of partners, poor flow of information, poor collaboration with the private sector, no adequate provision of cervical cancer screening services due to lack of prioritization, poor creation of awareness and failure to use the health information system effectively.
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