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dc.contributor.authorAndreassen, Trude
dc.contributor.authorMelnic, Adriana
dc.contributor.authorFigueiredo, Rejane Augusta de Oliveira
dc.contributor.authorMoen, Kåre
dc.contributor.authorŞuteu, Ofelia
dc.contributor.authorNicula, Florian
dc.contributor.authorUrsin, Giske
dc.contributor.authorWeiderpass, Elisabete
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-01T15:54:36Z
dc.date.available2019-02-01T15:54:36Z
dc.date.issued2018-04-27
dc.description.abstract<p><i>Objectives</i>: Romania has Europe’s highest incidence and mortality rates of cervical cancer. Participation in the national cervical cancer-screening programme is low, especially among minority Roma women.</p> <p><i>Methods</i>: We conducted a cross-sectional study, using a structured questionnaire aiming to quantify reasons for screening attendance among women in North-Western region of Romania.</p> <p><i>Results</i>: 980 women were enrolled in this study. Data were analysed using logistic regression, estimating odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI). This study revealed that Roma women (46%) attended screening less frequently that non-Roma women (63%),; however, ethnicity in itself was not associated with screening attendance. Instead we found that attendance to the cervical cancer screening programme was determined by having ever heard about a screening opportunity (OR 5.90, 95% CI 3.76−9.27) and having three or more sex partners (OR 5.99, 95% CI 1.71–21.04).</p> <p><i>Conclusions</i>: We concluded that information about the screening programme’s existence and its rationale does not reach the women targeted for screening sufficiently and argue that a process of user involvement aiming to build contact, interaction and cooperation between the programme and its potential participants is warranted.</p>en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipEuropean Economic Area (EEA) Financial Mechanism 2009–2014en_US
dc.descriptionThis is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in <i>International Journal of Public Health</i>. The final authenticated version is available online at: <a href=https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-018-1107-5> https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-018-1107-5</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAndreassen, T., Melnic, A., Figueiredo, R., Moen, K., Şuteu, O., Nicula, F., ... Weiderpass, E. (2018). Attendance to cervical cancer screening among Roma and non-Roma women living in North-Western region of Romania. <i>International Journal of Public Health, 63</i>(5), 609-619. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-018-1107-5en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1591993
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00038-018-1107-5
dc.identifier.issn1661-8556
dc.identifier.issn1661-8564
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/14591
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Verlag (Germany)en_US
dc.relation.journalInternational Journal of Public Health
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Clinical medical disciplines: 750::Oncology: 762en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk medisinske fag: 750::Onkologi: 762en_US
dc.subjectCervical cancer screening attendanceen_US
dc.subjectMinorityen_US
dc.subjectRoma womenen_US
dc.subjectDiscriminationen_US
dc.subjectAccess to healthen_US
dc.subjectHealth insuranceen_US
dc.subjectOdds ratioen_US
dc.titleAttendance to cervical cancer screening among Roma and non-Roma women living in North-Western region of Romaniaen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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