ArticleJournal of primary care & community health
Learning From Cervical Cancer Survivors: An Examination of Barriers and Facilitators to Cervical Cancer Screening Among Women in the United States.
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- A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Health Education Programs for Cervical Cancer Prevention in Rural Communities: Implications for Promoting Health Equity.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2024Pooled it
- Perceived effectiveness of messages to address cervical cancer screening barriers: An online experiment.PloS one · 2025Trial
- Supporting breast and cervical cancer screening follow-up: qualitative health plan interviews.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Evaluation of Human Papillomavirus Vaccination and Cancer Prevention Behaviors among LGBTQI + Individuals: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of community health · 2025Article
- U.S. Women with Invasive Cervical Cancer: Characteristics and Potential Barriers to Prevention.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2024Article
- Colorectal cancer screening utilization among breast, cervical, prostate, skin, and lung cancer survivors.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2024Article
- Computable Guidelines and Clinical Decision Support for Cervical Cancer Screening and Management to Improve Outcomes and Health Equity.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2022Article
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backgroundScreening and timely follow-up have lowered cervical cancer incidence in the US; however, screening coverage, incidence, and death rates have remained fairly stable in recent years. Studies suggest that half of women diagnosed with cervical cancer don't receive appropriate screening prior to diagnosis; cervical cancer survivors can provide crucial insight into barriers and facilitators to screening.
methodsParticipants were cervical cancer survivors ≥21 years, identified through population-based central cancer registries (CR) in 3 US states or a social network (SN), Cervivor. CR participants completed a mailed survey on screening history, barriers, and facilitators to screening and sociodemographic data. SN participants completed the same survey online.
resultsCR participants (N = 480) were older, with a lower proportion of non-Hispanic white, married, and insured women compared to SN participants (N = 148). Fifty percent of CR and 79% of SN participants were screened 5 years prior to their diagnoses. Of those screened, 28% in both groups reported not following-up on abnormal results. For both groups, the most frequently identified screening barrier was that participants never imagined they would develop cervical cancer (percent agree CR = 76%; SN = 86%), and the facilitator was wanting to take care of their bodies (CR = 95%; SN = 94%).
conclusionAddressing key barriers to obtaining screening and timely follow-up related to lack of knowledge of cervical cancer risk and screening tests and addressing insurance coverage in the design or modification of interventions may increase cervical cancer screening and lower cervical cancer incidence in the US.
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