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Pap Testing in a High-Income Country with Suboptimal Compliance Levels: A Survey on Acceptance Factors among Sicilian Women

Achille CernigliaroA. MarrasGiuseppe NapoliTiziana ScuderiClaudio CostantinoSabrina ScelfoAlessandra CasuccioAngela GiustiStefania Spila AlegianiVincenzo Restivo

subject

Cross-sectional studycervical cancerHealth Toxicology and MutagenesisPsychological interventionUterine Cervical Neoplasmslcsh:MedicineLogistic regressionsusceptibility0302 clinical medicinepreventionMass ScreeningMedicineHealth belief modelhealth belief model030212 general & internal medicinePolicy MakingSicilyEarly Detection of CancerCervical cancereducation.field_of_studymedicine.diagnostic_testMiddle Aged030220 oncology & carcinogenesisFemalePapanicolaou TestAdultPopulationArticleYoung Adult03 medical and health sciencesPatient Education as TopicHumansPap testeducationSocioeconomic statusAgedPrimary Health Carebusiness.industryscreeninglcsh:RPublic Health Environmental and Occupational HealthPatient Acceptance of Health Caremedicine.diseaseHealth SurveysCross-Sectional Studiesgeneral practitionerrefusalbusinessDemographyPap test

description

Cervical cancer screening is uncommon, especially in low-income countries and among lower socioeconomic status people in high-income countries. The aims of this study were to examine the adherence of Sicilian women to Pap testing and to identify the determinants of this in a population with a secondary prevention attitude lower than high-income countries and the national average. A cross-sectional study called &ldquo

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2018-08-22International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
10.3390/ijerph15091804http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/15/9/1804