Encouraging women to do cervical cancer screening: a secondary preventive intervention with a multitude of behavioural dimensions

Commentary on: Forbes CA, Jepson RG, Martin-Hirsch PPL. Interventions targeted at women to encourage the uptake of cervical screening. Cochrane Database of Syst Rev 2002:CD002834. Implications for practice and research The participation of community health workers in encouraging and inviting women to undergo cervical cancer screening is very effective way for disease prevention. Research on cervical cancer prevention interventions should be based on theories of behaviour change. Context International Agency for Research on Cancer estimated that 6.5% of the new cases of cancer among women of all age groups originates from cervix uteri.1 According to the last report, cervical cancer with an age-standardised incidence rate of 13.3 per 100 000 is the fourth most common cancer of females.1 Cervical cancer screening for early detection and timely treatment of precancerous lesions along with human papillomavirus vaccination will prevent most cervical cancer cases.
Source: Evidence-Based Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: Health promotion and public health Commentary Source Type: research