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Cervical Cancer Screening Access for Women Who Experience Imprisonment in Ontario, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Women who experience imprisonment have higher rates of cervical cancer. Lack of access to cervical cancer screening in the community or in prison may contribute to increased cervical cancer incidence.

Objectives

To determine cervical cancer screening rates for women in provincial prison in Ontario, Canada, and to compare these data with data for the general population.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study used correctional and health administrative data from January 1, 2006, to December 31, 2013. Participants included Ontario women aged 21 to 69 years during the follow-up period with no history of cervical cancer or hysterectomy. Analyses were conducted between July 2017 and September 2018.

Exposures

Women admitted to Ontario provincial prison in 2009 or 2010 and released in 2010 were considered exposed, and women in the general population of Ontario were considered unexposed.

Main outcomes and measures

Whether women were overdue for cervical cancer screening at the time of admission to prison or on July 1, 2010, for the general population, defined as not having been screened in the previous 3 years, and whether women who were overdue were still overdue after 3 years.

Results

There were 4553 women in the prison group and 3?647?936 women in the general population group. The median (interquartile range) age was 36 (29-43) years in the prison group and 43 (34-53) years in the general population. Women in the prison group had 2.20 times (95% CI, 2.08-2.33) the odds of being overdue for cervical cancer screening compared with women in the general population after adjusting for neighborhood income quintile, at 53.9% (95% CI, 51.8%-56.1%) compared with 32.9% (95% CI, 32.8%-33.0%) (P?Conclusions and relevanceWomen who experience imprisonment have worse cervical cancer screening access than women in the general population. Work should be done to promote cervical cancer screening awareness and to improve access to acceptable screening in prison and in the community after prison release.

SUBMITTER: Kouyoumdjian FG

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6324332 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Cervical Cancer Screening Access for Women Who Experience Imprisonment in Ontario, Canada.

Kouyoumdjian Fiona G FG McConnon Andres A Herrington Emma R S ERS Fung Kinwah K Lofters Aisha A Hwang Stephen W SW

JAMA network open 20181207 8

<h4>Importance</h4>Women who experience imprisonment have higher rates of cervical cancer. Lack of access to cervical cancer screening in the community or in prison may contribute to increased cervical cancer incidence.<h4>Objectives</h4>To determine cervical cancer screening rates for women in provincial prison in Ontario, Canada, and to compare these data with data for the general population.<h4>Design, setting, and participants</h4>This retrospective cohort study used correctional and health ...[more]

PMID: 30646279

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Cervical Cancer Screening Access for Women Who Experience Imprisonment in Ontario, Canada.

Importance

Objectives

Design, setting, and participants

Exposures

Main outcomes and measures

Results

Publications

Cervical Cancer Screening Access for Women Who Experience Imprisonment in Ontario, Canada.

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