Stigma and cervical cancer prevention: a scoping review of the US literature

CE Peterson, A Silva, AH Goben, NP Ongtengco… - Preventive …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cervical cancer is preventable through HPV vaccination and screening however, uptake
falls below national targets. A scoping review was conducted to describe stigmas related to …

Unveiling the hidden epidemic: a review of stigma associated with sexually transmissible infections

JE Hood, AL Friedman - Sexual health, 2011 - CSIRO Publishing
Stigma has long accompanied sexually transmissible infections (STI) and hindered
prevention and control efforts. It not only acts as a formidable barrier to STI testing, treatment …

Perceptions of risk and barriers to cervical cancer screening at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH), Eldoret, Kenya

E Were, Z Nyaberi, N Buziba - African health sciences, 2011 - ajol.info
Background: Affordable screening cervical cancer methods using visual inspection with
acetic acid (VIA) and with Lugol's iodine (VILI) are being developed. Scaling up of screening …

Emotional response to testing positive for human papillomavirus at cervical cancer screening: a mixed method systematic review with meta-analysis

E McBride, O Tatar, Z Rosberger, L Rockliffe… - Health psychology …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Tens-of-millions of women every year test positive for human papillomavirus (HPV) at
routine cervical screening. We performed a mixed-methods systematic review using a …

“Easy women get it”: pre-existing stigma associated with HPV and cervical cancer in a low-resource setting prior to implementation of an HPV screen-and-treat …

RM Morse, J Brown, JC Gage, BA Prieto, M Jurczuk… - BMC Public Health, 2023 - Springer
Background Cervical cancer is preventable with vaccination and early detection and
treatment programs. However, for these programs to work as intended, stigma related to …

Barriers to follow-up of an abnormal Pap smear in Latina women referred for colposcopy

S Percac-Lima, LS Aldrich, GB Gamba… - Journal of General …, 2010 - Springer
BACKGROUND Lower rates of follow-up after an abnormal Pap smear in racial and ethnic
minorities may contribute to the higher incidence and mortality rates of cervical cancer seen …

Understanding patients' perspectives and information needs following a positive home human papillomavirus self-sampling kit result

JA Tiro, AC Betts, K Kimbel, DSM Buist… - Journal of Women's …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Objective: We explored patient perspectives after a positive human papillomavirus (HPV)
self-sampling result to describe experiences and information needs for this home-based …

Beliefs and beyond: what can we learn from qualitative studies of lay people's understandings of cancer risk?

WL Lipworth, HM Davey, SM Carter… - Health …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Background Clinicians and public health professionals are centrally concerned with
mediating risk. However, people often resist the risk‐related information that is …

Updates on human papillomavirus and genital warts and counseling messages from the 2010 Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines

EF Dunne, A Friedman, SD Datta… - Clinical infectious …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background. In April 2009, experts on sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) were
convened to review updates on STD prevention and treatment in preparation for the revision …

Nurses as Patient Advocates in Oncology Care.

H Vaartio-Rajalin, H Leino-Kilpi - Clinical Journal of …, 2011 - search.ebscohost.com
This article will explore oncology nurses' patient advocacy activities and compare those
activities with patient advocacy activities defined in an earlier study by the authors. Data …