Cervical cancer screening programme attendance and compliance predictors regarding Colombia's Amazon region.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cervical cancer (CC) promotion and prevention (P&P) programmes' challenge lies in guaranteeing that follow-up strategies have a real impact on reducing CC-related mortality rates. CC P&P programme compliance and coverage rates are relevant indicators for evaluating their success and good performance; however, such indicators' frequency rates are considerably lower among women living in rural and border areas. This study was aimed at identifying factors associated with CC screening programme attendance for women living in Colombia's Amazon region.

Methods

This study (qualitative and quantitative phases) was carried out between September 2015 and November 2016; women residing in the border towns of Leticia and Puerto Nariño participated in it. The first phase (quali

SUBMITTER: Gonzalez A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8789105 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature