Interventions to promote cancer awareness and early presentation: Systematic review.

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Austoker, J., Bankhead, C., Forbes, L. J. L., Atkins, L., Martin, F., Robb, K., Wardles, J., & Ramirez, A. J., (2009). Interventions to promote cancer awareness and early presentation: Systematic review. British Journal of Cancer, 101, S31-S39.
Background: Low cancer awareness contributes to delay in presentation for cancer symptoms and may lead to delay in cancer diagnosis. The aim of this study was to review the eviden…

Factors affecting cervical cancer screening among African women living in the United States.

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Adeyemi, M. (2013). Factors affecting cervical cancer screening among African women living in the United States (Doctoral dissertation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI No. 3605324)
More than half of the incidents and mortality rates from cervical cancer occur among minority groups, including immigrant women from continental Africa living in the United States…

Cervical cancer screening among Arab women in the United States: An integrative review.

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Abboud, S., De Penning, E., Brawner, B. M., Menon, U., Glanz, K., & Sommers, M. S., (2017). Cervical cancer screening among Arab women in the United States: An integrative review. Oncology Nursing Forum, 44(1), E20-E33.
Problem Identification: Arab American women are an ethnic minority and immigrant population in the United States with unique and nuanced sociocultural factors that influence preve…

“HPV? Never heard of it!”: A systematic review of girls’ and parents’ information needs, views and preferences about human papilloma virus vaccination.

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Hendry, M., Lewis, R., Clements, A., Damery, S., & Wilkinson, C., (2013). “HPV? Never heard of it!”: A systematic review of girls’ and parents’ information needs, views and preferences about human papilloma virus vaccination. Vaccine, 31, 5152-5167.
Background and objective: Two human papillomavirus vaccines were licenced in 2006/2007 for cervical cancer prevention. National vaccination programmes for schoolgirls were subsequ…

The role of cancer worry in cancer screening: A theoretical and empirical review of the literature.

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Hay, J.L., Buckley, T.R., & Ostroff, J.S. (2005). The role of cancer worry in cancer screening: A theoretical and empirical review of the literature. Psycho-Oncology, 14(7), 517-534.
This paper reviews findings regarding the influence of cancer worry on cancer screening behaviors. The role of cancer worry in motivating cancer screening has been pursued for ove…

Awareness about breast cancer and its screening among rural Egyptian women, Minia district: A population-based study.

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Hassan, E. E., Seedhom, A. E., & Mahfouz, E. M., (2017). Awareness about breast cancer and its screening among rural Egyptian women, Minia district: A population-based study. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 18(6), 1623-1628.
Background: Recent global cancer statistics indicate rising global incidence of breast cancer and the increase is occurring at a faster rate in developing countries. Training wome…

Assessment of breast self-examination practice and its associated factors among female undergraduate students in Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2016.

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Getu, M. A., Kassaw, M. W., Tlaye, K. G., & Gebrekiristos, A. F., (2019). Assessment of breast self-examination practice and its associated factors among female undergraduate students in Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2016. Breast Cancer - Targets and Therapy, 11, 21-28.
Background: Breast self-examination (BSE) is a simple, very low-cost, non-invasive early detection method used to detect breast cancer at early stage. It should be done for all wo…

Vaccine programme stakeholder perspectives on a hypothetical single-dose human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine schedule in low and middle-income countries.

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Gallagher, K. E., Kelly, H., Cocks, N., Dixon, S., Mounier-Jack, S., Howard, N., & Watson-Jones, D., (2018). Vaccine programme stakeholder perspectives on a hypothetical single-dose human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine schedule in low and middle-income countries. Papillomavirus Research, 6, 33-40.
Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a 2-dose HPV vaccine schedule for girls aged 9–14 years. As randomised controlled trials assessing the immunogenicity an…

Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine coverage achievements in low and middle-income countries 2007-2016.

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Gallagher, K. E., Howard, N., Kabakama, S., Mounier-Jack, S., Burchett, H. E. D., LaMontagne, D. S., & Watson-Jones, D., (2017). Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine coverage achievements in low and middle-income countries 2007-2016. Papillomavirus Research, 4, 72-78.
Introduction: Since 2007, HPV vaccine has been available to low and middle income countries (LAMIC) for small-scale ‘demonstration projects’, or national programmes. We analysed c…

Understanding human papilloma virus vaccine uptake.

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Fisher, W. A., (2012). Understanding human papilloma virus vaccine uptake. Vaccine, 30S, F149-F156.
The current chapter reviews research on correlates of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine uptake. Findings are organized within an Information—Motivation—Behavioral Skills (IMB) mo…

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