Purpose To present the results of a community-based screening programme for diabetes, diabetic retinopathy (DR) and childhood blindness (CB) in District Hyderabad, Pakistan. Methods Prospective cross-sectional data collection from January 2014 to December 2015 of screening for diabetes, DR and CB in Hyderabad District. Female health workers were trained to identify high-risk (potential) patie...

OBJECTIVES Non-attendance at diabetic retinopathy screening has financial implications for screening programmes and potential clinical costs to patients. We sought to identify explanations for why patients had never attended a screening appointment (never attendance) in one programme. DESIGN Qualitative analysis of a service evaluation. SETTING One South London (UK) diabetic eye screening p...

The opportunistic cervical cancer screening has been conducted in Croatia since its introduction in the 1960s, in the context of a high quality gynaecological cytology with a long tradition and a wide network of primary care gynaecologists. In 2006, a pilot screening programme under the title "Early detection of cervical cancer was conducted in Primorsko-Goranska County (PGC)", as the first org...

BACKGROUND Computer-assisted screening of cervical liquid-based cytology (LBC) preparations using the ThinPrep® Imaging System (TIS) has shown improved qualitative and quantitative gains. The use of Multicyte™ has not been described in a well-established national screening programme with a low incidence of high-grade dyskaryosis. OBJECTIVES To assess the impact of computer-assisted screening ...

BACKGROUND Internet-based Chlamydia Screening Implementation (chlamydia screening programme) was introduced in the Netherlands in 2008-2010 to detect and treat asymptomatic infections and to limit ongoing transmission through annual testing and treatment of Chlamydia trachomatis in young people (16-29 years). This population-based screening may be less effective when addressing individuals who ...

Background: A colorectal cancer (CCR) screening programme based on faecal occult blood (FOB) test every 2 years was introduced in 2000 in Catalonia (Spain). Quality indicators (QI) were established for monitoring and evaluation of the outcomes of the screening programme. Objective: To present the key performance indicators of the CCR screening programme. Methods: Descriptive analysis of the mai...

OBJECTIVE To explore awareness of and participation in cervical screening services in women from Poland, Slovakia and Romania living in London, UK. METHODS Three qualitative studies were carried out in London in 2008-2009: an interview study of professionals working with Central and Eastern European migrants (n=11); a focus group study including three Polish, one Slovak and one Romanian focus...

INTRODUCTION The nationwide Cervical Cancer Screening Programme in the Czech Republic was introduced in 2009. The aim of this article is to describe the results of this programme in the first few years after its transformation into a fully-fledged, organised programme. MATERIAL AND METHODS During the first few years, a network of 37 accredited laboratories was stabilised, ensuring that examin...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the cost-benefit of implementing an expanded newborn screening programme for hyperphenylalaninemias due to 6-pyruvoyl-tetrahydropterin synthase (PTPS) deficiency in Hong Kong. SETTING Regional public hospitals in Hong Kong providing care for cases of inborn errors of metabolism. METHODS Implementational and operational costs of a new expanded mass spectrometry-based n...

OBJECTIVE To examine factors associated with returning for second round mammography screening. SETTING This was a population based mammographic screening programme in Melbourne, Australia. DESIGN A cohort design was used whereby 668 women were interviewed before the screening programme began and attendance for both first and second round screening was ascertained from programme records. The...