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Barriers and strategies for cervical cancer screening: What do female university students know and want?
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Study To Compare The Efficacy Of Cervical Cytology With Molecular Screening In The Detection Of Reactive Cellular Changes In The Cervix In An Open Population
Study To Compare The Efficacy Of Cervical Cytology With Molecular Screening For Detecting Reactive Cellular Changes In The Cervix In An Open Population
Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Barriers and facilitators of pap-smear test uptake in Asia: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Identifying the key barriers, facilitators and factors associated with cervical cancer screening attendance in young women: A systematic review.Women's health (London, England)Pooled it
- Perceived effectiveness of messages to address cervical cancer screening barriers: An online experiment.PloS one · 2025Trial
- Understanding barriers and facilitators to cervical cancer prevention among young Korean Women: A focus group interview study.PloS one · 2026Article
- How delays in seeking medical care for cervical cancer patients are affected by their health-seeking behaviour: a qualitative study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Innovative Noninvasive HPV Screening Using a Feminine Pad: A Pilot Study for Enhanced Cervical Cancer Detection.Obstetrics and gynecology international · 2025Article
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- Predictive power of PEN-3 cultural model in cervical cancer screening among women: a cross- sectional study in South of Iran.BMC cancer · 2023Article
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- Cervical Cancer and HPV Knowledge and Awareness: An Educational Intervention among College Students in Guam.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 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
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- Mammogram Uptake among Korean American Women in the South: Do Health Beliefs Matter?Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2022Article
- Experiences of women awaiting cervical CANCER screening results from selected hospitals in Accra, Ghana.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Diagnose earlier, live longer? The impact of cervical and breast cancer screening on life span.PloS one · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study aimed to identify the distinct barriers and knowledge level of cervical cancer screening among female university students and establish intervention strategies to overcome these barriers.
methodsThis study used a mixed-methods design with 26 female university students aged 20-29 years. We first conducted a quantitative online survey for the same study participants, divided them into three groups, and conducted focus group interviews (FGIs). Group A: participants who had sexual experience and had undergone cervical cancer screening; Group B: participants who had sexual experience and had not undergone cervical cancer screening; Group C: participants who did not have sexual experience and had not undergone cervical cancer screening.
resultsThe participants' ages were 21.92 ± 1.26 years. The knowledge levels for cervical cancer and screening were low to moderate. The four main themes that emerged as barriers to cervical cancer screening through the FGIs were: 1) socio-cultural barrier: conservative social perception of unmarried women's sexual life, 2) knowledge barrier: lack of knowledge and information, 3) psychological barrier: discomfort, and 4) practical barrier: time-consuming. The three themes identified for strategies were: 1) socio-cultural intervention: changing social perceptions and ensuring confidentiality, 2) educational intervention: improvement of knowledge and accessibility, and 3) alternative screening intervention: comfortable screening methods.
conclusionsWhile university students' sexual experience rapidly increased, the socio-cultural perceptions of sexual health remained closed, and they had a reasonably low level of knowledge about cervical cancer screening. Therefore, various strategies sensitive to female university students' culture should be implemented to increase the knowledge level, and social efforts should be made to change the socio-cultural perception of unmarried young women's sexual health.
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