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background: this study aimed to explore the experiences of iranian women regarding the barriers to and facilitating factors for cervical cancer screening. methods: eight focus groups (n= 86 participants) were conducted with women referred to a health center in karaj, iran from january to march, 2007. purposeful sampling was used. married women aged 18 years old and over, not suffering from obst...

abstract background: cervical cancer is the most common female genital tract malignancy and is the major cause of death from gynecologic cancer worldwide. the majority of cervical cancers develop through a series of gradual, precancerous lesions. screening asymptomatic women with regular pap smears allows diagnosis of the readily treatable preinvasive phase. we performed this study to determine...

introduction : cervical screening has decreased the incidence and mortality of cervical cancer worldwide. due to a low incidence rate of cervical cancer in iran and several middle eastern countries, an opportunistic screening is available for women in this region. we aimed to design and validate a questionnaire about knowledge, attitude, and practice (kap) for cervical cancer and cervical scree...

background: organized cervical screening program has led to prevention of cervical cancer prevention worldwide. women’s knowledge and attitudes is linked to their participation in cervical screening. objective: we studied the knowledge, attitudes and practices (kap) of women about cervical cancer prevention and the related factors in tehran, i.r. of iran. methods: trained interviewers used a va...

introduction: increasing incidence of cancers, particularly breast cancer (the third cause of death in iran), the role of information in decision making, policymaking and planning, and the need to assess the status of breast cancer in the country and the world necessitated a research to describe the advantages and disadvantages of the existing information on breast cancer patients. the present ...

background cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women worldwide. organized cervical screening and vaccination against human papilloma virus (hpv) have been successful interventions for prevention of invasive cervical cancer (icc). because of cultural and religious considerations, icc has low incidence in iran and many other muslim countries. there is no organized cervical scre...

The screening of cancer is important in secondary prevention in clinical oncology. The cervical cancer screening by pelvic examination and Pap smear test is the standard practice worldwide. However, the coverage of the screening is an important consideration in public health. Some specific vulnerable populations are considered to have a low chance of having access to health care services includ...

background : the aim of this study was to describe the coverage for cervical cancer screening among the visitors of a food exhibition in brussels, belgium and to describe the factors that affect their participation in the screening programs. methods : the participants aged between 25 and 64 years were recruited during a food exhibition at the brussels exhibition centre from 6 until 21 october 2...