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Demographic, knowledge, attitudinal, and accessibility factors associated with uptake of cervical cancer screening among women in a rural district of Tanzania: Three public policy implications

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Public Health, January 2012
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
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1 policy source
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Title
Demographic, knowledge, attitudinal, and accessibility factors associated with uptake of cervical cancer screening among women in a rural district of Tanzania: Three public policy implications
Published in
BMC Public Health, January 2012
DOI 10.1186/1471-2458-12-22
Pubmed ID
Authors

Frida S Lyimo, Tanya N Beran

Abstract

Cervical cancer is an important public health problem worldwide, which comprises approximately 12% of all cancers in women. In Tanzania, the estimated incidence rate is 30 to 40 per 100,000 women, indicating a high disease burden. Cervical cancer screening is acknowledged as currently the most effective approach for cervical cancer control, and it is associated with reduced incidence and mortality from the disease. The aim of the study was to identify the most important factors related to the uptake of cervical cancer screening among women in a rural district of Tanzania.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Ghana 2 <1%
Nigeria 2 <1%
Tanzania, United Republic of 1 <1%
South Africa 1 <1%
Ethiopia 1 <1%
Myanmar 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 567 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 123 21%
Student > Bachelor 99 17%
Student > Postgraduate 50 9%
Lecturer 32 6%
Student > Ph. D. Student 31 5%
Other 97 17%
Unknown 144 25%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 205 36%
Nursing and Health Professions 103 18%
Social Sciences 38 7%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 14 2%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 9 2%
Other 50 9%
Unknown 157 27%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 14. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 September 2022.
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#2,356,768
of 23,926,844 outputs
Outputs from BMC Public Health
#2,695
of 15,575 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#18,125
of 248,528 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#21
of 193 outputs
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