Blar i forfatter "Bhargava, Sameer"

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    • Differences in mammography screening attendance among non-Western immigrants in Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway 

      Njor, Sisse Helle; Heinävaara, Sirpa; Stefansdóttir, Hrefna; Nygård, Mari; Guðmundsdóttir, Eva María; Bhargava, Sameer; Leivonen, Aku; Campbell, Suzanne; Søborg, Bo; Hofvind, Solveig Sand-Hanssen; Sarkeala, Tytti; Vejborg, Ilse; Lamminmäki, Maarit (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-11-22)
      Several studies have shown that attendance rates are lower among non-Western immigrants than among natives. As the Nordic countries have quite similar health systems and populations but also differences in the organisation of their organised mammography screening programmes, differences in attendance rates could highlight organisational factors that might increase the attendance rates. Mammography ...

    • Early screening outcomes among non-immigrants and immigrants targeted by BreastScreen Norway, 2010–2019 

      Thy, Jonas Evensen; Bhargava, Sameer; Larsen, Marthe; Akslen, Lars Andreas; Hofvind, Solveig Sand-Hanssen (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-03-31)
      Aims: This study aimed to analyse results on early screening outcomes, including recall and cancer rates, and histopathological tumour characteristics among non-immigrants and immigrants invited to BreastScreen Norway. Methods: We included information about 2, 763,230 invitations and 2,087,222 screening examinations from 805,543 women aged 50–69 years who were invited to BreastScreen Norway between ...

    • Effect of invitation letter in language of origin on screening attendance: randomised controlled trial in BreastScreen Norway 

      Hofvind, Solveig Sand-Hanssen; Iqbal, Nadia; Thy, Jonas Evensen; Mangerud, Gunhild; Bhargava, Sameer; Zackrisson, Sophia; Berstad, Paula (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-09-19)
      Objective<p> <p>To explore attendance at organised mammographic screening among immigrant groups that received an invitation letter and information leaflet (invitation) in their language of origin and Norwegian compared with Norwegian only.<p> <p>Design <p>Randomised controlled trial. <p>Setting <p>Population based screening programme for breast cancer in Norway (BreastScreen Norway), which invites ...

    • Lower attendance rates in BreastScreen Norway among immigrants across all levels of socio-demographic factors: a population-based study 

      Le, Mary Thuy An; Hofvind, Solveig; Tsuruda, Kaitlyn; Braaten, Tonje; Bhargava, Sameer (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-06-03)
      <i>Background:</i> Several studies have shown that immigrants attend mammographic screening less frequently than non-immigrants. Studies have also shown that attendance is influenced by socio-demographic factors. We aimed to describe the relationship between socio-demographic factors and first attendance among immigrant and non-immigrant women invited to BreastScreen Norway.<p> <p><i>Methods:</i> ...

    • Polish immigrants’ access to colorectal cancer screening in Norway – a qualitative study 

      Bhargava, Sameer; Czapka, Elzbieta; Hofvind, Solveig Sand-Hanssen; Kristiansen, Maria; Diaz Perez, Esperanza; Berstad, Paula (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-11-10)
      Background - The Norwegian colorectal cancer (CRC) screening programme started in May 2022. Inequities in uptake of CRC screening is a concern, and we expect that immigrants are at risk of non-uptake. Immigrants from Poland are the most populous immigrant group in Norway. The purpose of this study was to identify and explore factors that may facilitate Polish immigrants’ access to the Norwegian CRC ...