Evaluating the Effectiveness of Cervical Cancer Screening Invitation Letters

The Role of Health Beliefsin Predicting Barriersto Cervical Cancer Screening

Background & Aims: Health beliefs play an important role in encouraging people to engage in behaviors related to health promotion. Thus, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the role of health beliefs in predicting barriersto cervical cancerscreening among women in Bandar Abbas, Iran. Methods: Using convenience and random sampling, this cross-sectional study was conducted on 681 married wom...

Cost-effectiveness of cervical cancer screening.

In the last two decades, computer-based models of cervical cancer screening have been used to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of different econdary prevention policies. Analyses in countries with existing screening programs have focused on identifying the optimal screening nterval, ages for starting and stopping screening, and consideration of enhancements to conventional cytology, such as huma...

Age-specific effectiveness of the Finnish cervical cancer screening programme Running title: Age-specific effectiveness of cervical cancer screening

Cost-effectiveness of cervical cancer screening: comparison of screening policies.

BACKGROUND Recommended screening policies for cervical cancer differ widely among countries with respect to targeted age range, screening interval, and total number of scheduled screening examinations (i.e., Pap smears). We compared the efficiency of cervical cancer-screening programs by performing a cost-effectiveness analysis of cervical cancer-screening policies from high-income countries. ...

Age-specific effectiveness of the Finnish cervical cancer screening programme.

BACKGROUND There is currently some uncertainty about the effectiveness of screening outside the established core ages of 30 to 60. We audited the screening histories of cervical cancers and conducted a case-control evaluation of the effectiveness of organized screening in different ages. METHODS Screening histories for 1,546 cervical cancer cases and 9,276 age-matched controls were derived by...