Contextual factors associated with cancer screening uptake: a systematic review of observational studies

Q Rollet, L Tron, R De Mil, G Launoy, É Guillaume - Preventive Medicine, 2021 - Elsevier
We conducted a systematic review of a wide range of contextual factors related to cancer
screening uptake that have been studied so far. Studies were identified through PubMed …

Dying to learn: a scoping review of breast and cervical cancer studies focusing on Black Canadian women

O Nnorom, N Findlay, NK Lee-Foon, AA Jain… - Journal of Health Care …, 2019 - muse.jhu.edu
Background. In Canada, data on race/ethnicity are not routinely collected. Black Canadian
women may be under-screened for cervical/breast cancer and may be predisposed to worse …

Cancer screening disparities before and after the COVID-19 pandemic

AK Lofters, F Wu, E Frymire, T Kiran… - JAMA Network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer–screening disparities existed prior to the
COVID-19 pandemic, and it is unclear whether those have changed since the pandemic …

Identifying barriers to healthcare access for new immigrants: a qualitative study in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

M Pandey, R Kamrul, CR Michaels… - Journal of Immigrant and …, 2022 - Springer
Despite universal healthcare, immigrants often face unique challenges accessing
healthcare. Employing an interpretative phenomenological analysis approach, four focus …

Muslim immigrant women's views on cervical cancer screening and HPV self-sampling in Ontario, Canada

M Vahabi, A Lofters - BMC Public Health, 2016 - Springer
Background Canada has observed significant decreases in incidence and mortality of
cervical cancer in recent decades, and this has been attributed to appropriate screening (ie …

Incidence, factors, and disparities related to cancer among Black individuals in Canada: A scoping review

JM Cénat, É Dromer, WP Darius, RD Dalexis… - Cancer, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background In Canada, two of five individuals will be diagnosed with cancer in their
lifetime and one in four will die from this disease. Given the disparities observed in health …

Reach and effectiveness of an HPV self-sampling intervention for cervical screening amongst under-or never-screened women in Toronto, Ontario Canada

K Devotta, M Vahabi, V Prakash, A Lofters - BMC Women's Health, 2023 - Springer
Background Cervical cancer is almost entirely preventable with appropriate and timely
screening. In Ontario, Canada, South Asian, Middle Eastern and North African women have …

Health system barriers and enablers to early access to breast cancer screening, detection, and diagnosis: a global analysis applied to the MENA region

D Bowser, H Marqusee, M El Koussa, R Atun - Public health, 2017 - Elsevier
Objectives To identify barriers and enablers that impact access to early screening, detection,
and diagnosis of breast cancer both globally and more specifically in the Middle East and …

Using self-reported data on the social determinants of health in primary care to identify cancer screening disparities: opportunities and challenges

AK Lofters, A Schuler, M Slater, NN Baxter… - BMC Family …, 2017 - Springer
Background Data on the social determinants of health can help primary care practices target
improvement efforts, yet relevant data are rarely available. Our family practice located in …

Health and healthcare equity within the Canadian cancer care sector: a rapid scoping review

LK Lambert, TC Horrill, SM Beck, A Bourgeois… - International Journal for …, 2023 - Springer
Background Despite a publicly-funded healthcare system, alarming cancer-related health
and healthcare inequities persist in Canada. However, it remains unclear how equity is …