Assessing participation of women in a cervical cancer screening program in Peru Análisis de la participación de las mujeres en un programa de tamizaje de cáncer cervicouterino en Perú

• Main Authors: Sylvia C. Robles, Catterina Ferreccio, Vivien Tsu, Jenny Winkler, Maribel Almonte, Allison Bingham, Merle Lewis, Peter Sasieni
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish; Portuguese
• Published: Pan American Health Organization 2009
• Subjects: Neoplasias del cuello uterino; tamizaje masivo; accesibilidad a los servicios de salud; Perú; Uterine cervical neoplasm; mass screening; health services accessibility; Peru; Medicine; R; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; San Martín
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/b29077e42d0a4a62980b545c46f1b2de

OBJECTIVE: To assess systemic and individual factors influencing participation of women in a screening program for cervical cancer. METHODS: In November 2000, a new cervical cancer screening program was introduced in the Region of San Martin, Peru. A total of 107 683 women, ages 25-49, were eligible...