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| Title |
Health care access dimensions and cervical cancer screening in South Africa: analysis of the world health survey
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| Published in |
BMC Public Health, April 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12889-015-1686-5 |
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| Authors |
Tomi F Akinyemiju, Jasmine A McDonald, Paula M Lantz |
| Abstract |
Cervical cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer mortality among women in sub-Saharan Africa. Recent recommendations for cervical cancer primary prevention highlight HPV vaccination, and secondary prevention through screening. However, few studies have examined the different dimensions of health care access, and how these may influence screening behavior, especially in the context of clinical preventive services. Using the 2003 South Africa World Health Survey, we determined the prevalence of cervical cancer screening with pelvic examinations and/or pap smears among women ages 18 years and older. We also examined the association between multiple dimensions of health care access and screening focusing on the affordability, availability, accessibility, accommodation and acceptability components. About 1 in 4 (25.3%, n = 65) of the women who attended a health care facility in the past year got screened for cervical cancer. Screened women had a significantly higher number of health care providers available compared with unscreened women (mean 125 vs.12, p-value <0.001), and were more likely to have seen a medical doctor compared with nurses/midwives (73.1% vs. 45.9%, p-value = 0.003). In multivariable analysis, every unit increase in the number of health care providers available increased the likelihood of screening by 1% (OR = 1.01, 95% CI: 1.00, 1.01). In addition, seeing a nurse/midwife compared to a medical doctor reduced the likelihood of screening by 87% (OR = 0.13, 95% CI: 0.04, 0.42). Our findings suggest that cost issues (affordability component) and other patient level factors (captured in the acceptability, accessibility and accommodation components) were less important predictors of screening compared with availability of physicians in this population. Meeting cervical cancer screening and HPV vaccination goals will require significant investments in the health care workforce, improving health care worker density in poor and rural areas, and improved training of the existing workforce. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 230 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 230 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 50 | 22% |
| Unspecified | 30 | 13% |
| Researcher | 20 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 6% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 6% |
| Other | 47 | 20% |
| Unknown | 56 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 54 | 23% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 43 | 19% |
| Unspecified | 30 | 13% |
| Social Sciences | 15 | 7% |
| Psychology | 8 | 3% |
| Other | 23 | 10% |
| Unknown | 57 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
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