Status of HPV vaccine introduction and barriers to country uptake.

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Gallagher, K. E., LaMontagne, D. S., & Watson-Jones, D., (2018). Status of HPV vaccine introduction and barriers to country uptake. Vaccine, 36, 4761-4767.
During the last 12 years, over 80 countries have introduced national HPV vaccination programs. The majority of these countries are high or upper-middle income countries. The barri…

Previous cancer screening behaviour as predictor of endoscopic colon cancer screening among women aged 50 and over, in NYC 2002.

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Guerrero-Preston, R., Chan, C., Vlahov, D., Mitchell, M. K., Johnson, S. B., & Freeman, H., (2008). Previous cancer screening behaviour as predictor of endoscopic colon cancer screening among women aged 50 and over, in NYC 2002. Journal of Community Health, 33, 10-21.
Colon cancer screening rates in women are low. Whether screening for breast and cervical cancer is associated with colon cancer screening behavior is unknown but could provide lin…

Could mobile mammography reduce social and geographic inequalities in breast cancer screening participation?

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Guillaume, E., Launay, L., Dejardin, O., Bouvier, V., Guittet, L., Dean, P., Notari, A., De Mil, R., Launoy, G., (2017). Could mobile mammography reduce social and geographic inequalities in breast cancer screening participation? Preventive Medicine, 100, 84-88.
Evaluation of mobile mammography for reducing social and geographic inequalities in breast cancer screening participation. We examined the responses to first invitations to underg…

Risk factors of breast cancer and breast self-examination in early detection: Systematic review of awareness among Indian women in community and health care professionals.

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Gupta, R., Gupta, S., Mehrotra, R., Sodhani, P., (2019). Risk factors of breast cancer and breast self-examination in early detection: Systematic review of awareness among Indian women in community and health care professionals. Journal of Public Health, 1-14.
Background: This review aims at evaluating the awareness of risk factors for breast cancer (BC) and the knowledge of breast self-examination (BSE) among Indian women and health ca…

Factors associated with non-participation in cervical cancer screening - A nationwide study of nearly half a million women in Denmark.

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Harder, E., Juul, K. E., Jensen, S. M., Thomsen, L. T., Frederiksen, K., & Kjaer, K., (2018). Factors associated with non-participation in cervical cancer screening - A nationwide study of nearly half a million women in Denmark. Preventive Medicine, 111, 84-100.
Cervical cancer occurs most often in under-screened women. In this nationwide register study, we described differences in sociodemographic characteristics between passive and acti…

Exploring racial differences surrounding prostate cancer screening: Beliefs and attitudes in community dwelling men attending an urban men’s health event.

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Hewitt, T., Killinger, K. A., Hiller, S., Boura, J. A., & Lutz, M., (2018). Exploring racial differences surrounding prostate cancer screening: Beliefs and attitudes in community dwelling men attending an urban men’s health event. American Journal of Men’s Health, 12(6), 1929-1936.
The purpose of the study was to explore attitudes/beliefs in men attending an urban health fair to explore barriers to prostate cancer (PCa) screening. Five hundred and forty-four…

“I thought cancer was one of those random things. I didn’t know cancer could be caught…”: Adolescent girls’ understandings and experiences of the HPV programme in the UK.

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Hilton, S., & Smith, E., (2011). “I thought cancer was one of those random things. I didn’t know cancer could be caught…”: Adolescent girls’ understandings and experiences of the HPV programme in the UK. Vaccine, 29, 4409-4415.
Background: The UK human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme aims to provide girls aged 12–13 with protection against two of the most carcinogenic strains (types 16 and 18)…

Decision-making processes for breast, colorectal, and prostate cancer screening: The DECISIONS survey.

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Hoffman, R. M., Lewis, C. L., Pignone, M. P., Couper, M. P., Barry, M. J., Elmore, J. G., …& Zikmund-Fisher, B. J., (2010). Decision-making processes for breast, colorectal, and prostate cancer screening: The DECISIONS survey. Medical Decisions Making, 30(5), 53S-64S.
Background—Patients should understand the risks and benefits of cancer screening in order to make informed screening decisions.  Objectives—Evaluate the extent of informed decisi…

Towards skin cancer prevention and early detection: Evolution of skin cancer awareness campaigns in Australia.

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Iannacone, M. R., & Green, A. C., (2014). Towards skin cancer prevention and early detection: Evolution of skin cancer awareness campaigns in Australia. Melanoma Management, 1(1), 75-84.
Since the 1980s, Australia’s mass-media campaigns promoting skin cancer awareness, namely skin cancer-preventative behaviors and early detection, have targeted the general communi…

Trends in colorectal cancer screening over time for persons with and without chronic disability.

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Iezzoni, L. I., Kurtz, S. G., & Rao, S. R., (2016). Trends in colorectal cancer screening over time for persons with and without chronic disability. Disability and Health Journal, 9(3), 498-509.
Background—Persons with disabilities have often experienced disparities in routine cancer screening. However, with civil rights protections from the 1990 Americans with Disabiliti…

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