The role of community health workers in cervical cancer screening in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic scoping review of the literature

J O'Donovan, C O'Donovan, S Nagraj - BMJ global health, 2019 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Community-based screening for cervical cancer and task sharing to community
health workers (CHWs) have been suggested as a potential way to increase screening …

Given a choice between self-sampling at home for HPV testing and standard of care screening at the clinic, what do African American women choose? Findings from a …

IC Scarinci, Y Li, L Tucker, NG Campos, JJ Kim… - Preventive …, 2021 - Elsevier
The goals of this study were to:(1) evaluate adherence to cervical cancer screening using a
patient-centered approach that provided a choice of self-sampling at home for human …

Participation in cervical screening by self-collection, Pap, or a choice of either in Brazil

PE Castle, VRS Silva, MEL Consolaro, N Kienen… - Cancer Prevention …, 2019 - AACR
Most cervical cancers occur in women who do not participate in cervical-cancer screening.
We therefore evaluated adherence to screening for clinic-based Pap testing, self-collected …

Analysis of the effects of the age-period-birth cohort on cervical cancer mortality in the Brazilian Northeast

KC Meira, GWS Silva, J Dos Santos, RM Guimarães… - Plos One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Cervical cancer (CC) is a public health problem with a high disease burden and mortality in
developing countries. In Brazil, areas with low human development index have the highest …

Recruitment strategies to promote uptake of cervical cancer screening in the West Region of Cameroon

MA Pham, K Benkortbi, B Kenfack, E Tincho Foguem… - BMC public health, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Objectives The World Health Organization's (WHO) global strategy for cervical
cancer elimination has set the target of 70% of women screened in all countries by 2030 …

Cobertura e fatores associados à não realização do exame citopatológico do colo do útero entre mulheres brasileiras de 18 a 39 anos

A Madeiro, AC Rufino - Journal of Health & Biological …, 2022 - periodicos.unichristus.edu.br
Objetivo: avaliar a cobertura e os fatores associados à não realização do exame
citopatológico do colo do útero entre mulheres de 18 a 39 anos no Brasil. Métodos: estudo …

Cervical cancer screening-related knowledge among community health workers in Eswatini: a cross-sectional survey

PG Khumalo, M Carey, L Mackenzie… - Health Promotion …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Eswatini has the highest age-standardized incidence and second highest mortality rate
related to cervical cancer globally. In Eswatini, community health workers educate …

Lung cancer awareness training experiences of community health workers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

SB Dlamini, KW Hlongwana… - African Journal of Primary …, 2022 - scielo.org.za
Abstract DLAMINI, Siyabonga B.; HLONGWANA, Khumbulani W. and GININDZA, Themba
G.. Lung cancer awareness training experiences of community health workers in KwaZulu …

Efficacy of a gender-relevant smoking cessation intervention among women in Brazil: findings from a group randomized controlled trial

IC Scarinci, N Kienen, TD Wiltenburg… - Journal of Women's …, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Background: There is scarcity of smoking cessation programs that take gender into account
during its development, implementation, and evaluation. We evaluated the efficacy of a …

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of community health workers regarding noncommunicable diseases in São Paulo, Brazil: a cross-sectional study

C Ji, T Schuster, JS Martins, S Soares Filho… - Journal of Public …, 2023 - Springer
Aim This study aims to determine the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of
community health workers (CHWs) working in the eastern region of São Paulo, Brazil …