Women's perspectives on cervical screening and treatment in developing countries: Experiences with new technologies and service delivery strategies

Women and Health

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 103-121

  Bradley, Janet ^a   Dzuba, Ilana ^a   Coffey, Patricia ^b   Bingham, Allison ^b   Arrossi, Silvina ^c   Agurto, Irene ^d   White, Sarah C ^d   Kleine, Amy N ^e   Lewis, Robbyn ^e  

^a Engender Health   (United States)

^b PATH   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^d PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^e JHPIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Cryotherapy; HPV; Prevention; Screening; VIA; Women's perspectives

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL PAIN; BACKACHE; BLEEDING; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLPOSCOPY; CRYOTHERAPY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYSTERECTOMY; INFECTION CONTROL; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPOTTING; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VIRUS DETECTION; WART VIRUS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; CRYOTHERAPY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33748884320     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v43n03_06     Document Type: Review

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