Background Cervical screening programs are highly protective for cervical cancer, but only
for women attending screening procedure. Objective Identify socio-economic and …

High coverage is essential for an effective screening programme. Here we present
screening barriers and facilitators among 1.3 million women aged 25–69 years eligible for …

Background: The proportion of non-attenders in cervical cancer screening is high, and
should be minimised. A targeted invitation to women not participating for the last 5 years in …

Background. With an improved compliance with screening a larger reduction of cervical
cancer incidence would be within reach. We aimed at investigating why certain women do …

Objective To analyse participation in the German cervical cancer screening programme by
socio-demographic characteristics. Methods In the EPIC-Heidelberg cohort study 13,612 …

Background Cervical cancer incidence and mortality may be reduced by organized
screening. Participant compliance with the attendance recommendations of the screening …

Purpose The participation rates in cervical screenings are varying over different countries.
This is only partly due to the availability of organized screening programs, as the rates are …

Purpose The aims of this study were to identify demographic and socio-economic predictors
of non-participation in cervical screening in Denmark, and to evaluate the influence of health …

Objective: Although cervical cancer is one of the potentially most preventable malignancies,
it is still fairly common. In settings with established screening programs, increased …

High attendance is essential to cervical cancer screening results. Attendance in the Finnish
program is currently at 70%, but extensive opportunistic screening occurs beside the …