ArticleBMC public health2021
Effect of a community-based intervention to increase participation in cervical cancer screening among Pakistani and Somali women in Norway.
Article in BMC public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03155581 (A Community-based Health Intervention Trial to Increase Attendance to Cervical Cancer-screening Program Among Immigrants in Norway.), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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A Community-based Health Intervention Trial to Increase Attendance to Cervical Cancer-screening Program Among Immigrants in Norway.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Interventions to Increase Cancer Screening Adherence Among Somali Immigrants in the US and Europe: A Systematic Review.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2024Pooled it
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- Trends in cervical cancer screening in Norway 2012-2017: a comparison study of non-immigrant and immigrant women.Scandinavian journal of public health · 2024Article
- Experiences and Perceptions of Cervical Cancer Screening Using Self-Sampling among Under-Screened Women in Flanders.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Cancer incidence in the Somali population of Olmsted County: A Rochester epidemiology project study.Cancer medicine · 2023Article
- Factors influencing the participation of groups identified as underserved in cervical cancer screening in Europe: a scoping review of the literature.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundNorway implemented a regular cervical cancer screening program based on triennial screening in 1995, recommending participation of all women between 25 and 69 years of age. Somali and Pakistani women have the lowest participation in cervical cancer screening in Norway. This study evaluates the effect of a community-based intervention aimed at increasing participation in the screening program among women from these two groups.
methodsThe intervention consisted of an oral 20-25 min presentation in Urdu and Somali on cervical cancer and screening and practical information on how to make an appointment and payment for the test. The participants were invited to pose questions related to the topic after the presentation. This study was carried out in four geographical areas surrounding the capital Oslo between February and October 2017, among women aged 25-69 years from Pakistan and Somalia. We recruited women in the intervention group directly from different community institutions, households, and religious sites. Women from Pakistan and Somalia residing in Oslo were the controls. The absolute intervention effect was measured as difference in absolute proportion of women screened and estimated as the interaction between time and group allocation in a generalized estimation equation model with binomial distribution and identity link function.
resultsThe percentage of women screened in the intervention group increased, from 46 to 51%. The corresponding increase in proportion in the control group was from 44 to 45.5%. After adjustment for potential confounders the intervention group showed a significant larger increase in participation in the screening program as compared to the control group with an absolute difference in change in proportion screened of 0.03 (95% CI; 0.02- 0.06).
conclusionsOur findings suggest that theory-based, culturally and linguistically sensitive educational interventions can raise awareness and motivate immigrant women to participate in cervical cancer screening program. In addition, approaching health professionals as well as immigrant women, might improve participation even more.
trial registrationNCT03155581 . Retrospectively registered, on 16 May 2017.
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