Barriers to uptake of cervical cancer screening services in low-and-middle-income countries: a systematic review

Z Petersen, A Jaca, TG Ginindza, G Maseko… - BMC women's …, 2022 - Springer
Objectives Low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs) bear a disproportionate burden of
cervical cancer mortality. We aimed to identify what is currently known about barriers to …

Addressing anxiety and fear during the female pelvic examination

DJ O'Laughlin, B Strelow, N Fellows… - Journal of Primary …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
To review the anxiety and fear risk factors, pathophysiology, symptoms, screening and
diagnosis while highlighting treatment considerations for women undergoing a pelvic …

Human papillomavirus infection, cervical cancer and the less explored role of trace elements

AB Sravani, V Ghate, S Lewis - Biological Trace Element Research, 2023 - Springer
Cervical cancer is an aggressive type of cancer affecting women worldwide. Many affected
individuals rely on smear tests for the diagnosis, surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation for their …

Cervical cancer knowledge and screening uptake by marginalized population of women in inner-city Durban, South Africa: Insights into the need for increased health …

JF Ducray, CM Kell, J Basdav, F Haffejee - Women's Health, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Cervical cancer in South Africa accounts for 15.85% of all female cancers and
30.29% of African female cancers, resulting in over 5000 deaths annually. South Africa's …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of preventive behavior for cervical cancer with the health belief model

SSZ Mehraban, A Namdar… - Asian Pacific journal of …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study included 200 married women between
the ages of 17 and 64 in Fasa during 2013. Participants were selected through stratified …

Biomedical image classification based on a feature concatenation and ensemble of deep CNNs

LD Nguyen, R Gao, D Lin, Z Lin - Journal of Ambient Intelligence and …, 2023 - Springer
Deep learning and more specifically Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) is a cutting edge
technique which has been applied to many fields including biomedical image classification …

[HTML][HTML] Knowledge, attitudes and practices of women in the southern region of Saudi Arabia regarding cervical cancer and the pap smear test

EA Dhaher - Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention: APJCP, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: The main barrier for women to receive Papanicolaou (Pap) smear tests and
immunization is lack of knowledge about the disease's signs and symptoms, women's …

Protection motivation theory in predicting intention to receive cervical cancer screening in rural Chinese women

Y Bai, Q Liu, X Chen, Y Gao, H Gong, X Tan… - Psycho …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Despite the significance of cervical cancer screening, motivating more women to
participate remains a challenge in resource‐limited settings. In this study, we tested the …

An implication of impurity: The impact of feminine honor on human papillomavirus (HPV) screenings and the decision to authorize daughter's HPV vaccinations.

S Foster, M Carvallo, J Lee, R Fisher… - Stigma and Health, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
Due to the high prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infections and their relationship
with cervical cancer, it is of high interest to understand the processes that help (or hinder) …

[HTML][HTML] Twelve years implementation of cervical and breast Cancer screening program in Indonesia

M Wahidin, R Febrianti, F Susanty… - Asian Pacific Journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective: The study aimed to measure achievement of the national program of cervical and
breast cancer screening in Indonesia after 12 years implementation and factors associated …