Women's attitudes to and awareness of smear testing and cervical cancer

Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 127-133

  Yu, C K H ^a   Rymer, J ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CANCER; CERVICAL CANCER--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ENGLAND; EUROPE; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; KNOWLEDGE; NEOPLASMS; NORTHERN EUROPE; OBSTACLES; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SCREENING; STUDIES; SURVEYS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONDON; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0031983678     PISSN: 14711893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Munoz N, Bosch F X. Epidemiology of cervical cancer. In: Munoz N, Bosch F X, Jensen O M (eds), Human papilloma virus and cervical cancer. Lyons: IRAC Scientific Publications, 1989, 9-40.
2. Austoker J. Cancer prevention in primary care. BMJ 1994; 308; 1405-1420.
3. Cason J. Papilloma virus vaccines. Clin Immunother 1994; 1: 293-306.
4. Campion M J, Cuaick J, McCance D J, et al. Progressive potential of mild cervical atypia: prospective cytological, colposcopic and virological study. Lancet 1986; ii: 237-240.
5. Buckley J D, Harris R W C, Doll R, et al. Case control study of husbands of women with dysplasia or carcinoma of the cervix uteri. Lancet 1981; ii: 1010-1014.
6. Grimes D A, Ecomony K E. Primary prevention of gynaecological cancer. Am J Obstet Gynaecol 1995; 172: 1(1)227-233.
7. Bornstein J, Michal C S, Rahat, et al. Etiology of cervical cancer: current concepts. Obstet Gyn Sur 1995; 50: 2 146-154.
8. Richart R M. Screening: the next centuary. Cancer 1995; 76: 1919-1927.
9. Mcpherson A, Savage W. Oxford general practice series 12: Cervical cytology p. 196-224. In: Mcpherson A (ed.), Women's problems in General Practice. 1987.
10. Hakama V G. Trends in the incidence of cervical cancer in Nordic countries. In: Magnus K (ed.). Trends in Cancer Incidence 1985. Washington DC; Hemisphere, 1982.
11. Boyes D A, Morrison B, Knox E G, et al. A cohort study of cervical cancer screening in British Columbia. Clin Invest Med 1982; 5: 1-29.
12. Perkin D M, Moss S M. An evaluation of screening policies for cervical cancer in England and Wales using a computer simulation model. JECH 1986; 40: 45-53.
13. Scow A, Wong M L, Smith W C S, et al. Beliefs and attitudes as determinants of cervical cancer screening: A community based study in Singapore. Preventive Medicine 1995; 24: 134-141.
14. Elkind A K, Haran D, Eardley A, et al. Reasons for non-attendance for computer managed cervical screening: pilot interviews. Soc Sci Med 1988; 27(6): 651-660.
15. Eardley A, Elkind A K, Spencer B, et al. Attendance for cervical screening - whose problem? Soc Sci Med 1985; 20: 955-962.
16. Sansom C D, Wakefield J, Pinnock K M. Choice or chance? How women come to have a cytotest done by their family doctor. Int J Health Edu 1971; 14: 127-138.
17. Rochart R W. The prevalence of cervical cancer screening in the United States in 1970. Am J Obstet Gynaecol 1976; 125: 478-483.
18. Naguib S M, Geiser P B. Response to a programme for cervical cancer. Public Health Rep 1968; 83: 990-998.
19. Peters R K, Bear M B, Thomas D. Barriers to screening for cervical cancer of the cervix. Prevention Medicine 1989; 18: 133-146.
20. Whites G E. Older women's attitudes to cervical screening and cervical cancer: a New Zealand experience. J Of Adv Nursing 1995; 21: 659-666.