Acceptance of peer navigators to reduce barriers to cervical cancer screening and treatment among women with HIV infection in Tanzania

Autor: Pauline E. Jolly, Julius Mwaiselage, Shaundra Blakemore, Thereza Mtesigwa, Alaya Koneru, Nedra Lisovicz, Renicha McCree, Safina Yuma, Eric Aris
Rok vydání: 2017
Předmět:
Adult
Health Knowledge
Attitudes
Practice
medicine.medical_specialty
Cross-sectional study
Population
Alternative medicine
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
HIV Infections
Tanzania
Health Services Accessibility
Article
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Surveys and Questionnaires
mental disorders
parasitic diseases
medicine
Humans
Patient Navigation
030212 general & internal medicine
Young adult
education
Early Detection of Cancer
Gynecology
Cervical cancer
education.field_of_study
Cervical screening
biology
business.industry
fungi
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Cancer
General Medicine
Middle Aged
Patient Acceptance of Health Care
biology.organism_classification
medicine.disease
Cross-Sectional Studies
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Family medicine
Female
business
Precancerous Conditions
Zdroj: International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 138:53-61
ISSN: 0020-7292
DOI: 10.1002/ijgo.12174
Popis: OBJECTIVE: To identify barriers to cervical cancer screening and treatment and determine acceptance toward peer navigators (PNs) to reduce barriers. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among women with HIV infection aged 19 years or older attending HIV clinics in Dar es Salaam Tanzania between May and August 2012. Data for sociodemographic characteristics barriers knowledge and attitude toward cervical cancer screening and treatment and PNs were collected by questionnaire. RESULTS: Among 399 participants only 36 (9.0%) reported previous cervical cancer screening. A higher percentage of screened than unscreened women reported being told about screening by someone at the clinic (25/36 [69.4%] vs 132/363 [36.4%]; P=0.002) knew that screening was free (30/36 [83.3%] vs 161/363 [44.4%]; P
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